The Tortoise Table

Hi Nina Thanks for the reply. We are just sorting the temp out as he has moved from my daughters to mine. Its 30 at the height of his shell and 18 at the other end. So the vet also suggested a heat mat with a thermostat to keep it 20 at the cool end. Then turn it off at night. Unless he's eating he ...

Hi I've posted before regarding my daughters baby horsfield tortoise. It's about 1 Yr old now and is now my baby tortoise. I followed your advice before about keeping him awake and it did work for a while. Now he has returned to sleeping alot. Our vet has suggested getting another uvb strip light to...

Good news Nina
Turbo started eating all the leaves that we gathered for him. He really wasn't fussy at all I don't think my daughter has ever seen him eat so fast. Hopefully by doing what you said every morning we can keep it going.

Hi Nina
Thank you for all of the advice my daughter is on it. The tortoise is called Turbo like many other tortoises I imagine
Yes he does wake up but then he tends to go straight back to sleep. I think I'd like to be a tortoise I think the life would suit me

Hi Nina
Thank you for your reply and help. What you said makes alot of sense as all he wants to do is sleep.
I've attached a pic of my daughters set up. She already checked the temps where you said this morning and they seem to be correct.

Hi I'm doing this on behalf of my daughter she's a bit scared of forums. She has recently got a baby horsefield tortoise who she absolutely loves and so do I. He recently got sick with conjunctivitis and the vet gave him eye ointment. The place where she got him from gave her all the wrong advice an...