The Tortoise Table

Hi Quasi. I would say you’re right. Our tortoises once in the garden and even in the wild would come across things they might pick us and ‘mouth’ to see if it’s edible. I can’t see that any glass in these bags of topsoil would be sharp enough to cause any cuts because that’s would be an open door fo...

Cece is a lovely Hermanni and equally as lovely is Mrs T, a Horsfield, both tortoises are female and between 6 to 7 years old, and are kept seperately and they will need to remain seperate if you take on both tortoises. They are in East Suffolk. Cece is very sociable and friendly, while Mrs T is mor...

BeeL Please do keep us posted on how she gets on, we’re very interested. Lin BeeL wrote: > Thank you for your responses. She’s dug down in a well drained, sheltered > spot (and her tracker indicates she’s still there🤞). She took herself off > mid October, so way beyond the recommended 14 weeks. This...

Hi Beet. How long has she been in hibernation and do you have a thermometer down with her recording the temps and also is the area she is in sheltered and safe from flooding or excess water retention. I have never hibernated mine outside but I do follow a group that does natural hibernation and mayb...

Here we have Yoshi, a 15 year old male Horsfield from Midlothian, Scotland who’s owner, after making the heartbreaking decision, is looking for a lovely new home with a caring family that can offer him a safe and secure enclosures, both indoors and outside when the weather allows. It would be lovely...

Hi Sian. Glad the move went well and your looking forward to having Jack back under your care, that must be so exciting. I live on the South East coast and as beautiful the gulls are they are a strong hefty scavenging bird so I would say yes to security of some sort, yes a chicken wire construction ...

.Buddy & Turbo are two lovely Hermann tortoises from Wythenshawe, Manchester and are around 3 / 4 years old so not 100% sure of sex, but right now looking males and would either need to be rehomed separately or be kept separately, and no doubt both would like to grow up amongst a large group of ...

Charlie is a 15 year old male Hermann tortoise from Loughborough, Leicestershire, who is in need of a new home. Due to a change in circumstances and a heartbreaking decision Charlie is looking for that very special place where he can be loved and cared for. During the summer he loves to lives outsid...

Please be aware that The Tortoise Table does not allow any money to change hands during the rehoming process. Tiny is a lovely male Horsfield from Clifton, Nottingham who needs to find a suitable home, maybe with a group of females or alone would be fine. He is 9 years old and needs an update on som...

Timmy is a Horsfield of almost 3 years old, unsexed and living in Invergordon, in the Scottish Highlands. After making the hardest decision ever the owner is looking for a loving and safe home where he can live as a tortoise should. The owner would be willing to drive down as far as Inverness to mee...

After deliberating his future, Anthony’s owner has bravely made the heartbreaking decision to sadly find him a new home where he can continue to be spoiled. Anthony is a Horsfield tortoise from Ipswich, Suffolk who is around 20 years old, and is used to a wild diet that he finds while wandering in t...

At 2 years old (too young for sexing but early thoughts are female) this is the delightful Dolly, a Hermanni from Rubery, Worcestershire. Because of a change in circumstances (both owners work full time now) they cannot offer Dolly the time she needs and is looking for a loving home with a family th...

These two lovely Testudo graeca ibera, at 1 year old are both unsexed but incubated to be female, they are located at Horncastle, in Lincolnshire. They are so new they don’t even have names yet. They are looking for forever homes and the owner would love them to go together as they’ve been together ...

Hi Jody. Im afraid its not the wonderful Nina you have found but the lovely Lin. :D Both Nina and I have been looking at your photos and its ever so interesting. Is it somewhere you can get back to it if it was found on one of your weed walks. The reason being is we have a few questions. 1. Does it ...

Posted on behalf of Tarajane77 (Jody) Hello beautiful tortoise people. Hopefully all admin's are full of joy in this new year!! After a bout of covid post Christmas I've just done my first proper weed walk of 2023, and I'm a bit kerfuzzled. If it's the lovely Nina I found this plant growing along th...

. Both these tortoises are hibernating right now and the owner will make arrangements for when collection could be. Please read to end for further details. We have 2 male Hermanni tortoises for rehoming. Both of these tortoises were taken out of a bad situation, rehabilitated and are now are looking...

Hi Dave, nice to hear from you.
I don’t personally but we will have a look around and get back with out findings.
Lin

Dear Hetty is an older lady, a Mediterranean Spur Thigh tortoise (Testudo graeca), from the Somerset/Devon borders. She entered the country being one of a few survivors from an illegal shipment back in the days.  Her age, at a guess is somewhere between 50 and 70 years old and what an impressive sig...

Meet Buzz, the beautiful 1 year old Leopard tortoise from Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. The owners are having to make the heartbreaking decision to have to let him go because they are having to relocate and that will be around 6 - 8 weeks time and it would be nice to see Buzz settled sooner rather than ...

Due to terribly sad circumstances we need to find a home for all three of these adorable Hermann tortoises from Hereford, before the owner moves. This is a decision that hasn’t been taken lightly and is hurting the owner more than imaginable. For this trio to go together it would be nice as they hav...

Sheldon, a lovely 5 year old (6 in January) male Horsfield from Bracknell, Berkshire is looking for someone to take over the next stage of his care. The owners, after coming to the difficult decision to pass him on to someone that can give him the space, care and love that he needs. Sheldon would be...

The owner who rescued these four tortoises has now had to make the heartbreaking decision that due to ill health they should be rehomed somewhere their new owner can give them the time and dedication that she has done in the past 12 years at her home in Scotland, near Stranraer. These lovely tortois...

We have a lovely Marginated tortoise ‘Jeff’ who is only three years old so we don’t know the sex, but If anyone is within range of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, you might feel the need to collect this one. Jeff loves dandelions mixed with a mostly wild diet and the occasional runner bean leaf. Jeff...

William and Angus are both 5 year old Hermann tortoises living in West Lothian, Scotland. They are looking for a new home owing to lack of space, the owner cannot provide the space for two males to be housed seperate. So if there is any space with a family who will love and cherish them, then you ar...

Tosca is an adorable elderly lady a Testudo graeca, who is thought to be 50+ years old but could well be in the region of 70+ because she appeared to be fully grown in 1974 when she was purchased. She has always been in the same family but as her elderly owner has recently passed away the family fee...