Forum: Housing
18-01-2024, 08:59 PM
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Forum: Housing
18-01-2024, 08:43 PM
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Grow tent housing
Im experimenting again.
Ive brought myself an indoor grow tent to house some young hermanns tortoises I’m overwintering.
They’re thick canvas tents on a frame, with a silver interior to...
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Forum: Pictures
17-08-2023, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 609
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Forum: Pictures
15-08-2023, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 609
https://i.postimg.cc/75vpVgNv/IMG-0115.jpg...
https://i.postimg.cc/75vpVgNv/IMG-0115.jpg (https://postimg.cc/75vpVgNv)
This is the adults pond. Its a 6ft x 3ft raised bed with a liner. The mesh is more to keep cats out than turtles in. In the...
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Forum: Pictures
15-08-2023, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 7
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https://i.postimg.cc/8FNVmhmK/IMG-0112.jpg...
https://i.postimg.cc/8FNVmhmK/IMG-0112.jpg (https://postimg.cc/8FNVmhmK)
I know a few people keeping these. Mine live in an outdoor pond year round, they're very cold tolerant and do well like...
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Forum: Pictures
14-08-2023, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 609
Spottie
https://i.postimg.cc/1nPgvZbp/IMG-0109.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1nPgvZbp)
Spotted turtle on the way out.
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Forum: Pictures
06-06-2023, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,097
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Forum: Pictures
05-06-2023, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,097
Thanks all. Very pleased.
Yes, I read every...
Thanks all. Very pleased.
Yes, I read every scrap of information on the diapause and how to break it. Ended up not really following any particular method, did a few weeks at 25C then bumped it up...
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Forum: Pictures
05-06-2023, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,097
New hatchling
First time for me, only got my adult pancake tortoises in the autumn. Found this dude in the incubator last night after 138 days.
https://i.postimg.cc/SXvNWKMR/IMG-0016.jpg...
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Forum: General Discussion
23-03-2023, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,245
Im still visiting, forum has a bunch of useful...
Im still visiting, forum has a bunch of useful threads I still refer back to. Same situation with hibernation, all up, most in my conservatory at the moment. Seriously considering getting some...
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Forum: General Discussion
16-11-2022, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: General Discussion
15-11-2022, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,318
I’ve had a couple of box turtles out and about...
I’ve had a couple of box turtles out and about in the garden still in the last week, they have a big, glazed tortoise shed but these were out in the open. My Hermanns tortoises have finally dug in...
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Forum: Housing
15-07-2022, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,194
Hot weather shade
Hi, not been on in a long time but the upcoming weather forecast (38c lol) prompted me to share this. I’ve started using camouflage netting over my outdoor enclosures when its seriously hot. Its...
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Forum: Pictures
25-06-2020, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,523
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Forum: Pictures
24-06-2020, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 12
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Its been so long since I bothered incubating...
Its been so long since I bothered incubating anything I forgot I havent got any scales so no idea on the weight (Ive ordered some scales). Looking a bit more tortoise shaped today, nice keyhole...
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Forum: Pictures
24-06-2020, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,523
Thankyou both. Its been weird, I’ve had eggs...
Thankyou both. Its been weird, I’ve had eggs most years. Either infertile or failed to develop beyond the first couple of weeks. Ive let the male run around with my male Easterns to get a bit of...
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Forum: Pictures
23-06-2020, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 12
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New arrival
I’ve been trying for 8 years and I’ve finally done it. Hatched a Western Herman’s tortoise.
https://imgur.com/a/QXfiGSY
Finally got 2 clutches from my female totalling 9 eggs with 6...
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Forum: Caresheets/Links/Books
28-01-2020, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,614
Hi,
I have the new book. It’s very good but...
Hi,
I have the new book. It’s very good but I would say that if you have the “Naturalistic keeping...” book this one maybe isn’t essential. It expands on the topics covered in the first book and...
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Forum: Off Topic Classifieds
11-04-2018, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,895
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Forum: Off Topic Classifieds
28-03-2018, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,895
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Forum: Off Topic Classifieds
28-03-2018, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,895
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Forum: Off Topic Classifieds
28-03-2018, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Off Topic Classifieds
27-03-2018, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 8
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Greenhouse and glass Viv
Due to a house move I have a 6x4 polycarbonate greenhouse, only a year old available free to a good home. Previously used for Hermanns tortoises.
I also have a 24”x18”x18” all glass viv to...
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Forum: For Sale
15-07-2017, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 0
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Three Striped Mud Turtles
I have a number of Three Striped Mud Turtles, Kinosternon Baurii available. Ideal little Turtles with adults only growing to around 10-12cms. Care is similar to common musks.
I have animals...
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Forum: Aquatic, Semi-Aquatic, and Terrestrial Turtles
08-07-2017, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,437
Hello there,
Turtle eye problems can be...
Hello there,
Turtle eye problems can be caused by many things. The main causes are water quality or dietary. Dietary is usually down to a vitamin A deficiency, poor water quality can cause...
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