Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
26-02-2020, 05:33 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
25-02-2020, 06:36 PM
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yes,thanks for asking.
I had increased the...
yes,thanks for asking.
I had increased the temperature before they went into hibernation.
Obviously then they had to be cooled down etc. I left them to hibernate for 6 weeks.
The two remaining...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
24-02-2020, 07:25 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
24-02-2020, 06:24 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
23-02-2020, 09:02 PM
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Thanks for your responses. I appreciate it.
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Thanks for your responses. I appreciate it.
I have tried spraying her with water, and moving her limbs....but sadly no response. So sad.
I just wonder what I have done wrong. She was the biggest...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
23-02-2020, 04:45 PM
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Help...
I have hibernated my hatchlings for 6...
Help...
I have hibernated my hatchlings for 6 weeks now, and woke them up today. Slowly increased the temperature during the day, and 2 of the 3 are up and moving around. However the third one ist...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
10-12-2019, 05:27 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
09-12-2019, 04:36 PM
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Thanks, I'll give all this a try.
I haven't...
Thanks, I'll give all this a try.
I haven't even seen 2 of them for a few days now, they seem so fast asleep. Could they be hibernating in this warm environment?
I'll try and wake them up...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
08-12-2019, 04:05 PM
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Hi all,
Thanks for your advice there.
My...
Hi all,
Thanks for your advice there.
My heat lamp is over some stone slabs which heat up very hot, must be well over 30, but this doesn't seem to make any difference to them. The rest of the...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
07-12-2019, 05:28 PM
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Hatchling hibernating???
I'd appreciate some advice please on Herman's babies:
I was lucky enough to have 3 babies hatch last September. They have never been very active, mainly sleeping and just coming out to feed. ...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
31-08-2019, 05:23 PM
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
29-08-2019, 04:10 PM
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2 fathers?
Hi there,
I've been lucky enough to successfully incubate 3 eggs of my 12 year old Herman's girl.
The little babies are gorgeous, but I wondered if they all have the same father. My girl has been...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
07-04-2018, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 26
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Hi again,
The weather here in West London has...
Hi again,
The weather here in West London has certainly improved a lot, and yesterday mine came out of hibernation at last. :)
Its always like a miracle to me when they suddenly emerge, open their...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
02-04-2018, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 26
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Thanks for your quick reply, Sandy.
Like your...
Thanks for your quick reply, Sandy.
Like your last one, one of mine is somewhere in the garden and I have still no idea where. The others are just dug down in the cold frame.
I am reluctant to...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
02-04-2018, 09:59 AM
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Hi there,
I haven't posted here for a long...
Hi there,
I haven't posted here for a long time, as perhaps I've become too relaxed after a few years of living with my 4 Hermans.
However, this long winter we've had , and which is still going...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
10-04-2013, 09:29 PM
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self-hibernation
I would not say categorically that this is a wrong approach. I believe in keeping Torties as natural as possible.
Last winter I have kept two of mine indoors in my fridge, and a tortoise table...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
23-09-2011, 09:43 PM
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Same problem
I have the same problem with my 9-year old hermans. He has actually dug himself down inside his cold frame and seems to want to hibernate alreay.
I want him to do his own thing. Perhaps this means...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
06-03-2011, 07:17 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
04-03-2011, 10:06 PM
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The whole point of natural hibernation was that...
The whole point of natural hibernation was that he can put himsself down when he was ready. There was no way I could have kept him up for longer, as he was just digging in every day.
I really want...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
04-03-2011, 06:40 PM
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natural hibernation question
I have decided to let my 8-year old Hermans hibernate outdoors this year. He has dug himself down in his coldframe and I checked him 3 weeks ago and he was fine. I am now worried about the length of...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
03-10-2010, 06:13 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
26-09-2010, 07:45 PM
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Good news!!!!
I found my little one again. ...
Good news!!!!
I found my little one again.
She was far away and outside her enclosure,but still in the garden, burried deeply under a plant. The fox must have given up playing with her after a...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
22-09-2010, 09:09 PM
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Warning
Hi there,
I just thought I pass on a dreadful experinece I had last night, so that it doesn't happen to any of you:
I have 4 Hermans torties, ranging from 3 to 8 years. They have been out all...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
16-11-2009, 09:45 PM
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
12-11-2009, 07:44 PM
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Thanks for this very ineresting theory. I can...
Thanks for this very ineresting theory. I can imagine that the cold summer must have some influence on them. I wonder if the solution would be to offer not just a basking lamp, but also UV light in...
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