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Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 16-03-2017, 08:13 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,869
Posted By nina
Yes, that's true, Suze. The new site overwrote...

Yes, that's true, Suze. The new site overwrote the old site, and even though the url is the same: www.thetortoisetable.org.uk you have to type in the new address completely. If your computer...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 16-03-2017, 07:50 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,869
Posted By nina
Thanks so much for your lovely compliments! It's...

Thanks so much for your lovely compliments! It's feedback like yours that makes all the effort worthwhile. The work on the database never stops -- we're constantly adding, revising and changing...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 16-03-2017, 03:19 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,869
Posted By nina
Hi Janie, Yes, there are two different plants...

Hi Janie,
Yes, there are two different plants called Marigold. The African Marigolds and the Pot Marigolds have very different looking flowers and leaves. Here is our entry for the Pot Marigold ...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 09-03-2017, 12:28 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,869
Posted By nina
Thanks so much for the kind comments everyone! ...

Thanks so much for the kind comments everyone! There are still lots of glitches to fix -- many of the apostrophes have changed to diamond shapes with question marks in the middle, the Forum isn't...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 08-03-2017, 04:24 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,869
Posted By nina
Launch of new Tortoise Table website

I hope it is OK with admins to post this announcement here (but feel free to remove if it isn't allowed).

The Tortoise Table is pleased to announce the launch of our newly designed website. ...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 15-07-2010, 05:38 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,383
Posted By nina
Thanks everyone, and I'm glad you're finding it...

Thanks everyone, and I'm glad you're finding it useful. We've got between 400 - 500 entries for individual plants on the website now, and we're adding new entries every day. If there is ever a...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 02-05-2010, 06:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,511
Posted By nina
Yes, it's definitely a euonymus, and shouldn't be...

Yes, it's definitely a euonymus, and shouldn't be fed to your tort. If you look at the photos of various types of euonymus on this link, you can see that the first one of the small pics is your...
Forum: General Discussion 02-05-2010, 12:11 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,469
Posted By nina
Thanks so much!

Thanks so much everyone! I've had a brilliant birthday -- had lunch with friends, and then went to a lovely museum in Oxford (in the hopes that seeing lots of things that are older than I am would...
Forum: Housing 16-01-2010, 07:15 PM
Replies: 510
Views: 243,142
Posted By nina
I love your new torty penthouse, Claire -- it...

I love your new torty penthouse, Claire -- it looks brilliant, and it will mean that Teddy can get lots more exercise and have fun exploring! How long did it take to make? An extra benefit of...
Forum: General Discussion 16-01-2010, 11:00 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 4,589
Posted By nina
What brilliant news, Sarah! You and Andy and...

What brilliant news, Sarah! You and Andy and Harry must be over the moon to have your babies back! I saw from the news that the police forced their way into an unoccupied home to rescue them -- did...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 03-12-2009, 05:29 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,383
Posted By nina
We sort of had to reach a happy medium on the...

We sort of had to reach a happy medium on the What to look out for this Month slide show, as the available plants in Kent are not at all like the available plants in Aberdeen (or in Florida). Helen...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 03-12-2009, 12:03 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,383
Posted By nina
Thanks so much, Linda, for posting the link --...

Thanks so much, Linda, for posting the link -- and thanks to everyone for the compliments too!

We're uploading new entries every day, so if that plant you're looking for isn't there now, let us...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 29-06-2009, 09:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,025
Posted By nina
LOL! Just a keen botanist, Paul! Nina ...

LOL! Just a keen botanist, Paul!

Nina
P.S. And a girl who grew up in the Sixties <vbg>
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 28-06-2009, 10:55 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,025
Posted By nina
Cool It could be an oriental poppy (some look a bit...

It could be an oriental poppy (some look a bit like that but most are larger and often orange), but it looks more to me like the common opium poppy (papaver somniferum)...
Forum: Housing 28-06-2009, 10:34 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,588
Posted By nina
What a brilliant enclosure -- a true tort palace!...

What a brilliant enclosure -- a true tort palace!

Nina
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 15-05-2009, 02:32 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,649
Posted By nina
I give mine a little grated carrot about once a...

I give mine a little grated carrot about once a month, as it's a good source of vitamin A.

Nina
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 15-05-2009, 10:33 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,649
Posted By nina
Hi Alan, I doubt that it would be good to...

Hi Alan,

I doubt that it would be good to feed them whole seeds, but you could probably pulverize the seeds until they are a powder. The seeds have the curcurbitin, but the flesh has mannitol,...
Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments 14-05-2009, 06:31 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,649
Posted By nina
I've only read about pumpkin being a natural...

I've only read about pumpkin being a natural wormer (but I do know that lots of people say that carrots and butternut squash are too -- but I've not read any scientific articles about them). With...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 07-05-2009, 09:45 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,824
Posted By nina
Hi Sarah, I'm really sorry if my message...

Hi Sarah,

I'm really sorry if my message came across as demeaning, and I never intended to insult sulcata owners. I think they are great tortoises, and I know several people who keep them very...
Forum: General Discussion 07-05-2009, 09:30 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,367
Posted By nina
Unhappy Thanks everyone! I have only just seen these...

Thanks everyone! I have only just seen these messages, and it was really kind of you to remember me! My son from Cairo was here for a few days training, and I think it is about the first time in...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 06-05-2009, 09:01 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,824
Posted By nina
Sandy, I think Lin's booklet will be no good for...

Sandy, I think Lin's booklet will be no good for this tortoise. Sulcatas have a very different diet to med torts -- their diet is more like the diet for Leopards -- 85% grass and hay and 15% weeds. ...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 06-05-2009, 10:46 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,824
Posted By nina
Just a thought, but I wonder if this is actually...

Just a thought, but I wonder if this is actually a spur thigh (ibera or another sub-species), or if it is an African spurred tortoise (sulcata), as I can't imagine how a five year old could be 18"...
Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets 03-02-2009, 09:37 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,913
Posted By nina
Oh dear -- he advised you to feed a horsfield...

Oh dear -- he advised you to feed a horsfield worms and iceberg lettuce?! I think you should seriously think about seeing another vet. There is a really good vet in Scotland called Romain Pizzi. ...
Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets 01-02-2009, 10:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,257
Posted By nina
Thanks so much for bumping this up, Dave! Just...

Thanks so much for bumping this up, Dave! Just to let people know, I'm looking on behalf of someone who has a young horsfield, who has had a really bad problem with swollen eyes, and has been...
Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets 01-02-2009, 11:14 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,257
Posted By nina
Vet near Bury St. Edmunds

Does anyone know of a good tortoise vet near Bury St. Edmunds? I'm looking for one for someone who has a tortoise that is not well, and I'm not sure that her current vet has diagnosed the condition...
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