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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 24-07-2018, 07:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,164
Posted By mcgregor
Torts not eating their greens in heatwave

Our Hermanns are ignoring their usual leafy greens like lettuce and kale, and all the weeds have stopped growing in our garden with the heatwave. They chomp down any cucumber, tomato, tiny bits of...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 24-07-2018, 07:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,885
Posted By mcgregor
Our Hermanns are always trying to eat bits of poo...

Our Hermanns are always trying to eat bits of poo from other animals like pigeons and foxes which I try to stop them eating but maybe they do swallow some at times. Might that be the case with you if...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 29-12-2015, 04:14 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,427
Posted By mcgregor
I tried a "hearing" experiment with my two...

I tried a "hearing" experiment with my two Hermanns. For a few days when providing food I repeatedly said one's name in a high pitched voice and knocked on wood, then said the other one's name in a...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 29-12-2015, 03:57 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,609
Posted By mcgregor
Lovely shell on Munster. Ummmm, is it a female?...

Lovely shell on Munster. Ummmm, is it a female? Might be too early too tell if it's young but kinda looks female to me in the upside-down shot
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 29-12-2015, 03:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,856
Posted By mcgregor
Thanks for your interest OJ. No poo was ever...

Thanks for your interest OJ. No poo was ever forthcoming so we hibernated them anyway box-method after a record 38-day wind-down on 14th December. It has been quite mild since (10-12 DegC) and I...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 14-12-2015, 03:35 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,856
Posted By mcgregor
Thanks everybody for your most interesting...

Thanks everybody for your most interesting answers - it seems to have sparked quite a conversation. I have today giving up waiting for the torts to poo and have hibernated them after a record length...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 07-12-2015, 12:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,856
Posted By mcgregor
No poo during wind-down

Hi
I have two Hermanns (11 years old) who have now been on starvation wind-down for 33 days. During that time they've had a tepid bath every 3 days or so, and the odd hour here and there under the...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 03-12-2013, 10:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 268
Posted By mcgregor
Thanks folks, yes they've had normal lights and...

Thanks folks, yes they've had normal lights and temps indoors during win-down. I don't think they've eaten their poo as they are not moving at all at the moment. Presumably after 6 weeks of no food...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 03-12-2013, 01:47 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 268
Posted By mcgregor
No poo before hibernation

We started wind-down for our two 10-year old Hermanns about 6 weeks ago and they've had zero food since then but lots of warm to tepid baths. However, they haven't poo'd at all and normally they do...
Forum: Pictures 29-11-2012, 05:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 892
Posted By mcgregor
don't you the think the scutes above mum's head...

don't you the think the scutes above mum's head look like a tort walking the other way? Nice shot!
Forum: Pictures 03-10-2012, 11:14 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 861
Posted By mcgregor
My Hermanns like sitting under the lavender bush...

My Hermanns like sitting under the lavender bush - never seem them eating the leaves though
Forum: General Discussion 25-06-2012, 09:12 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 4,817
Posted By mcgregor
RIP George - the last of the Pinto Island giant...

RIP George - the last of the Pinto Island giant tortoises. Nobody knew his age - some said 80, the news said over 100, I think maybe 130-160 perhaps. I had the privilege to see him a few years ago -...
Forum: Pictures 28-04-2012, 06:12 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,186
Posted By mcgregor
Awww that's so sad - Splat only had one afternoon...

Awww that's so sad - Splat only had one afternoon in the sunshine - it's what tortoises are all about, when they're truly alive as the temperature rises. Patsy looks fantastic - well done for all the...
Forum: Pictures 28-04-2012, 06:06 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 4,320
Posted By mcgregor
Wow - their shells are amazing! Do you put...

Wow - their shells are amazing! Do you put something on them? Hope the egg-hatching goes well.
Forum: Pictures 19-03-2012, 01:46 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 571
Posted By mcgregor
The one at the back has a very strange shell!

The one at the back has a very strange shell!
Forum: Pictures 30-03-2011, 07:40 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,144
Posted By mcgregor
Brilliant! Poor Ratty from Ikea though - what a...

Brilliant! Poor Ratty from Ikea though - what a battering he took!
Forum: General Discussion 06-03-2011, 09:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 654
Posted By mcgregor
This is Nerdy - but why I am suddenly "incubating"

Okay, Have been on Shelled Warriors for a few years now, always as an "egg". But hey, suddenly I'm "incubating" - and I see other members as Hatchlings, Juveniles, Sub-Adults, Adults, etc - how does...
Forum: Housing 06-03-2011, 09:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,654
Posted By mcgregor
Thanks for the links BeatBeat and Miller07 - they...

Thanks for the links BeatBeat and Miller07 - they look good
Forum: Where to Buy and Bargains 06-03-2011, 06:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,555
Posted By mcgregor
yes the aldi one looks good. ta for that

yes the aldi one looks good. ta for that
Forum: Housing 06-03-2011, 04:58 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,654
Posted By mcgregor
and another link to one..... ...

and another link to one.....

http://www.justreptilesupplies.co.uk/tortoise-starter-kit-garden-lucky-reptile.html
Forum: Housing 06-03-2011, 04:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,654
Posted By mcgregor
This is a link to a website selling one at 1...

This is a link to a website selling one at 1 metre x 1 metre x 30 cms, though you can buy 50cm or 1 metre extra planks to make it bigger. Sorry if this link isn't a direct click - just text in my...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 06-03-2011, 04:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,224
Posted By mcgregor
Thanks for all your suggestions - I've also...

Thanks for all your suggestions - I've also posted again about a "Lucky Reptile" plastic run that sounds good, but some of these self-made rigs sound good too (blimey, I sound like Harry Hill now)....
Forum: Pictures 06-03-2011, 03:56 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,250
Posted By mcgregor
What the heck is that stuff she's eating? Look...

What the heck is that stuff she's eating? Look like tortoise porridge.
Forum: Housing 06-03-2011, 03:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,654
Posted By mcgregor
Anybody Got Pros/Cons for a Lucky Reptile Tortoise Garden?

Hi,

Lucky Reptile sell a portable tort run with interlocking plastic sides so size can be variable. We are thinking of buying 2 of these as our main outside tort run doesn't get the sun for very...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 28-02-2011, 09:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,224
Posted By mcgregor
Has Anybody Got Any Ideas on a Portable Enclosure?

Hi Folks,

Here's our problem - we've got two male Hermann torts who share a small divided tort-table for sleeping when they're not hibernating and it's not summer outside (like, now). Problem is,...
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