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- 08 Jul 2021, 15:43
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Tiny’s new home
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7889
Re: Tiny’s new home
Hi all, hope you are well :) Just wanted to show off my enormous bindweed that’s grown along Tiny’s enclosure! It came up in between some paving slabs so I just poked it through and this happened 8-) also my plan worked for the hideaway, the grass has grown on the roof and around but have yet to fin...
- 26 May 2021, 16:28
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Tiny’s new home
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7889
Re: Tiny’s new home
And a few more of her adventures
And I made a hidey hole, dunno if the dirt/grass will stay put but fingers crossed, I’ve fenced it off so it can have a cpl weeks to settle. Hopefully it’ll stay put!
And I made a hidey hole, dunno if the dirt/grass will stay put but fingers crossed, I’ve fenced it off so it can have a cpl weeks to settle. Hopefully it’ll stay put!
- 26 May 2021, 16:24
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Tiny’s new home
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7889
Re: Tiny’s new home
Haha Nina, there so good at taking apart these things we do for them! Over the past week, in between the rain, I have been busy making the enclosure more fun and I decided to put her old cold frame in, so she has something she knows and another safe place away from wind/rain etc! We had lovely sun t...
- 19 May 2021, 14:36
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Tiny’s new home
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7889
Re: Tiny’s new home
Hi, Yes I have been messaging the lady who has Speedy and the 1st couple days she was a bit grumpy, but she’s coming out of her shell now (excuse the pun :lol: ) I was busy y/day planting bits and pieces, I have divided the enclosure so that it’s not too overwhelming for Tiny and it’ll give the plan...
- 17 May 2021, 16:08
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Tiny’s new home
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7889
Tiny’s new home
Hi guys, As I have rehomed Speedy, my daughter had the great idea to put Tiny in the enclosure! So after a cpl hours of making it as ‘Tiny’ safe as possible I put her in :) I’m gonna cut the grass and dig up various daisy bits and replant tortoise friendly plants I already have etc and hopefully she...
- 12 May 2021, 20:36
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Sulcata care sheet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7310
Re: Sulcata care sheet
Thank you Ladies :) It was a pleasure to have her, learn about her and I will miss her terribly, but it is the right decision. It was easier to get her sorted out now, in case we had little time to get her rehomed in the future. I did email you earlier Lin but I’m not sure if it sent, it goes into m...
- 12 May 2021, 14:13
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Sulcata care sheet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7310
Re: Sulcata care sheet
Thank you! I wanted to make sure that Speedy’s new owners had it! I have found her a wonderful new home :) Unfortunately Nan’s health has deteriorated rapidly over the past few months and the time was right for me to let Speedy go. As heartbreaking as it is, I’m happy that she now has 100ft grassed ...
- 12 May 2021, 06:20
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Sulcata care sheet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7310
Sulcata care sheet
Hi guys,
Hope all are well
Can you please give me the link to the Sulcata care sheet that Lin put together please?
Bex x
Hope all are well
Can you please give me the link to the Sulcata care sheet that Lin put together please?
Bex x
- 31 Mar 2021, 21:38
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Temporary outside enclosure suggestion?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8272
Re: Temporary outside enclosure suggestion?
Hi Summerills, This was my temporary outside enclosure and it’s still being used 3 years later! It’s just a cold frame, normally used for growing plants! Although she now has use of some outside space, it’s been great for her! I just put wire mesh on the lid for really hot days when the plastic isn’...
- 19 Mar 2021, 17:09
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
So we had lovely sunshine today and I put Tiny out for a few hours.... but we had a visitor (1st pic) so I made him a little ‘pond’ at the top of the garden and he had a soak and away he went! And proof that I’m not the meanie Tiny said I was :lol: she thoroughly enjoyed her feast and I am planning ...
- 08 Mar 2021, 22:49
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
That really made me giggle
Roll on the next nice sunny day and she might get lucky
I will send pics to prove and then I can come off the naughty list!!
Thanks x
Roll on the next nice sunny day and she might get lucky
I will send pics to prove and then I can come off the naughty list!!
Thanks x
- 07 Mar 2021, 21:45
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
I emailed Lin last week and never got a reply! Now I know why :lol: I’ll keep bathing Tiny twice a week in Reptoboost and see how she goes, I am planning to change her outside enclosure once weather is warmer, have more plants and softer wood in there, no big rocks or stones etc... Had to share this...
- 06 Mar 2021, 20:41
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
Nina did you get a chance to look at the photos?
Bex x
Bex x
- 02 Mar 2021, 12:14
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
I’ve taken these photos today, is there anyway I can email you the videos as you can see her walking?
I’ve ordered some Reptoboost so will bathe her in that a cpl times a week, see if it helps
Bex x
I’ve ordered some Reptoboost so will bathe her in that a cpl times a week, see if it helps
Bex x
- 01 Mar 2021, 21:52
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
I’ve had a look at all the old posts and can’t find the pics either, I think when we 1st joined I did send pics and you sexed both torts for me. A while after you were hacked and a lot of the posts were deleted, don’t know if you remember? When I found her in that pet shop she didn’t look right at a...
- 01 Mar 2021, 11:30
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Re: Shell worry!!
Hi, thank you for getting back to me! The red area does look like normal shell that has been dirtied, I will make sure I scrub a bit harder when I bathe her! The white circle does look reddish in the pic but doesn’t seem it with the naked eye! There is a small dip but it looks like it has shell grow...
- 24 Feb 2021, 10:46
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Shell worry!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10234
Shell worry!!
I bathed Tiny this morning and noticed her under shell didn’t look great
Do I need to worry or is her shell ok? She has rocks and things she climbs etc, could they be doing damage?
Bex x
Do I need to worry or is her shell ok? She has rocks and things she climbs etc, could they be doing damage?
Bex x
- 21 Feb 2021, 21:36
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Lovely day!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6076
Re: Lovely day!!
I’m so glad I made you smile :D I just cannot get Tiny to hibernate! I got her in the November and she was so small and poorly I just kept her warm and fed but now she wakes up as soon as she hears me in the morning! She warms under her lamp, eats some food and goes back to bed by lunchtime til it’s...
- 20 Feb 2021, 21:40
- Forum: General Tortoise Care
- Topic: Lovely day!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6076
Lovely day!!
As the sun was out and it hit 16 here today, although a little windy the girls had their 1st hour outside 8-) It took Tiny approx 5 mins to munch thru the sow thistle (that took ALL winter to grow) I made sure I saved some for next time by putting a partition up and it worked! Speedy enjoyed her wan...
- 17 Feb 2021, 12:55
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8080
Re: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
Ok no worries, will pull it out and dispose!
Ty x
Ty x
- 14 Feb 2021, 19:20
- Forum: UK Plant Identification
- Topic: Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8080
Ragwort or Prickly Sow Thistle?
Hi guys,
Always thought this was prickly (ish) sow thistle but someone said it’s ragwort?? What do you think?
Always thought this was prickly (ish) sow thistle but someone said it’s ragwort?? What do you think?
- 01 Feb 2021, 09:15
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Overnight heat
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19383
Re: Overnight heat
Yeah totally agree! When I walk the dogs I get seed heads from various weeds/flowers etc, I have a very large garden now and the top bit I have a cpl large raised beds and there just tortoise food, dandelion, sow thistle, mallow, plantain etc... I also grow runner beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, pak Cho...
- 31 Jan 2021, 16:39
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Overnight heat
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19383
Re: Overnight heat
Thanks guys :) Look at that 2nd photo! OMG they are amazing :lol: Cannot wait for spring and get Speedy back outside, she’s currently took up residence under the piano stool and keeps having arguments with the piano pedals!! Keep hearing a ‘Dong’ every now and then! Still she seems happy! Hopefully ...
- 28 Jan 2021, 10:29
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Overnight heat
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19383
Re: Overnight heat
A couple more of the rescue
So glad I had the camera in there!
So glad I had the camera in there!
- 28 Jan 2021, 10:26
- Forum: Enclosures
- Topic: Overnight heat
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19383
Re: Overnight heat
I was wondering! I thought I’d upset you all :lol: Had a bit of a nightmare, it is way too low and within a week she had climbed up a corner and brought down some of the wires and got herself all tangled upside down! At the time I was out driving and the camera kept going off... my daughter rang fro...