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[Farmerwhite234]

Hello
We are new to this so please be paitent.
We are in Aberdeenshire, we are Myself, hubby, 3 yr old son and our 3 yr old tortoise.. Thomas (original name i realise, but my son named him)He's a Herminater as my son calls him..
We bought tommy from a breeder in forfar who gave me leaflet with him - although i'm constantly keen to learn more.. my mind is a sponge when it comes to thomas...uni work.. not so much!!
We currently have him in a banana box at the top of the stairs on a side board. The box is layered in newspaper and shreaded paper, he has a hut, basking light, a large cardboard tube he enjoys playing with and a box over his heated mat for snoozles. My other half is building him wooden hut to be used inside and out. He regulary comes down stairs and raids the house to his own pleasure as the weather up here is pretty random, scared he'l blow away.
Does this sound ok? or could i be doing something better... I value any help, thanks
Thank you so much for reading this,
Take care
Lucy & co
Aberdeenshire

[Wendy]

HI Lucy, I would suggest a look throught he housing and picture section to get ideas which would be better for your little chap as he will quickly outgrow a box plus you will have problems keeping it clean and dry. You mention a basking light is this UV or heat or a combined bulb. I don't think heat mats are recomended for Hermanns so would stick with one of the above options for lighting/ heating.

Again i would stress looking through old posts on here to get great ideas, I did. Just out of curiosity do you have the supliments needed for a tortoise.

Good luck and enjoy Thomas.

Wendy x

[linda]

hi lucy welcome to sw

some good advice here

http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/sit...er_Watson.html

and here
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/sit...M.R.C.V.S.html

[Farmerwhite234]

thank you so much for all your advice.. i'm so excited for the change in thomas's life.. Hopefully he will be too. We are investing in a house and setting for him, i have my weed list.. we are on the up!! thank you so much!! Lx

[Ozric Jonathan]

Hi Lucy I'm in Scotland too and now have a few years experience with keeping these mediterranean animals in our climate. It can be a bit trickier than it is for some of our pals down south who tend to get warmer and sunnier summers. If you are new to it you might decide to keep your tort up this winter rather than grapple with hibernation. Do give us a shout on here if we can be any help!

[kirst16]

Hello and welcome to Shelled warriors, dont be afraid to ask questions!!! the only sillyones are the ones that are not asked!!! and we all had to start somewhere!!!

and BTW im only 10 mins away from you, so HI!!! do i have competition on torty weed picking sessions at Aden Park tee hee

[babytort]

hi lucy.
im from aberdeen and looking to buy a baby/juvenile tort for my daughters xmas.
ive read the advise is to be wary of buying from pet shops.ive researched the net to look for local breeders but have nt found any up here in the north.im pleased to hear that there is one not so far.could you please please pass on this breeder s details to me or if any one else know of any more breeders .this would be much appreciated
many thanks
april

[ME SHELL]

Hi Lucy and welcome from me too

[Behappysunshine]

FarmerWhite234 do you remember who in forfar you bought your tortoise from??? I live in Forfar and I am planning on getting a tortoise soon!!! Cheers Cx