just saying hi!

ang · 24-08-2006, 11:06 AM

i thought i would introduce myself,
my name is ang, i am a house slave with 4 horrible kids!
i also have 4 seahorses and for my birthday (tomorrow) i want a tortoise...
when i was little as most of the uk, i had a tortoise called george!

any help and advice would be very welcomed...there will be lots of q's im afraid...
starting with what tortoise to get?

any way sorry to ramble..
ang

Henry-flash · 24-08-2006, 11:37 AM

Hi ang welcome to the forum

I would love to see picstures of your seahorses

Firstly let me say please buy your torotise from a breeder and not a petshop. A good first Tortoise would be a hermanns, a horsfields or a spur thighed. I see you are in kent well you will have no problem finding a breder there

Check out the breeders list at www.shelledwarriors.co.uk

24-08-2006, 06:54 PM

hi ang

welcome to this great forum

happy birthday for friday

get the seahorse pics up

research the different torts and their different needs and ask away

linda

ang · 24-08-2006, 07:32 PM

hi,
i am going for the hermanns i think..
i brought a big indoor rabbit cage today to stop the kids seeing if it can swim!
i also got a reptile 8watt light and a heat lamp, and thermometer thingy to stick on the side
so i think all i need now is some sort of substrate, feed bowl rocks and a hidy hole (not sure what to use for this yet!

does this sound right...
ang

Henry-flash · 24-08-2006, 08:23 PM

Is the 8 watt light UV? For substrate you can use a mixture of playsand and topsoil (50/50) or Hemp. A ceramic bowl such as those used as trays for plants work well for water. For a hides I use the flexible log rolls you can buy for small animals.

Jg · 25-08-2006, 12:11 AM

Hello n welcome

Pitcorthie · 25-08-2006, 12:12 PM

Hi Ang and welcome

Sharon

Becks · 25-08-2006, 12:18 PM

hello and welcome
luv becks xxxxxxxxxxxxx

24-08-2006, 11:06 AM	#1
ang Junior Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: canterbury, kent Posts: 24	just saying hi! i thought i would introduce myself, my name is ang, i am a house slave with 4 horrible kids! i also have 4 seahorses and for my birthday (tomorrow) i want a tortoise... when i was little as most of the uk, i had a tortoise called george! any help and advice would be very welcomed...there will be lots of q's im afraid... starting with what tortoise to get? any way sorry to ramble.. ang

24-08-2006, 11:37 AM	#2
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Hi ang welcome to the forum I would love to see picstures of your seahorses Firstly let me say please buy your torotise from a breeder and not a petshop. A good first Tortoise would be a hermanns, a horsfields or a spur thighed. I see you are in kent well you will have no problem finding a breder there Check out the breeders list at www.shelledwarriors.co.uk __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

24-08-2006, 08:23 PM	#5
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Is the 8 watt light UV? For substrate you can use a mixture of playsand and topsoil (50/50) or Hemp. A ceramic bowl such as those used as trays for plants work well for water. For a hides I use the flexible log rolls you can buy for small animals. __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

25-08-2006, 12:18 PM	#8
Becks Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset UK Posts: 4,035	hello and welcome luv becks xxxxxxxxxxxxx __________________ horsfields ,redfoots ,southern and northan morrocans, map turtle . http://www.redfoottortoiseplace.piczo.com

24-08-2006, 06:54 PM	#3
aprillinda Guest Posts: n/a	hi ang welcome to this great forum happy birthday for friday get the seahorse pics up research the different torts and their different needs and ask away linda

24-08-2006, 07:32 PM	#4
ang Junior Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: canterbury, kent Posts: 24	hi, i am going for the hermanns i think.. i brought a big indoor rabbit cage today to stop the kids seeing if it can swim! i also got a reptile 8watt light and a heat lamp, and thermometer thingy to stick on the side so i think all i need now is some sort of substrate, feed bowl rocks and a hidy hole (not sure what to use for this yet! does this sound right... ang

25-08-2006, 12:11 AM	#6
Jg Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 188	Hello n welcome

25-08-2006, 12:12 PM	#7
Pitcorthie Member Hatched Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dunfermline, Scotland Posts: 251	Hi Ang and welcome Sharon

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