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a11ycat · 27-07-2010, 06:10 PM

Thanks all, appreciate it!
I want to look after him as well as I can and be able to pass on the knowledge to my dad when he gets him. Have got him a book on keeping tortoises also. I'd love tortoises myself, but the boyfriend is a bit resistant at the minute, so hoping Chester will win him round.

em7070 · 28-07-2010, 10:45 AM

Welcome to the forum!!

Beverley · 28-07-2010, 11:16 AM

Hi and welcome to SW, it's great to see another member here from the emerald isle

I keep horsfield torts, at moment they have been out since May in secure enclosures. When inside they are kept on a mix of 70% topsoil and 30% playsand. I just feed garden weeds. They are great little torts to keep

a11ycat · 28-07-2010, 01:53 PM

Hi Beverley - Do you keep them outside day and night? Is that with or without a heat option when they're outside? How many Horsefields do you have? Out of curiosity, why do you mix the soil/sand?

We have a brand new chicken run (but no chickens yet), so we built it for him last night, and he'll go outside for a few hours today to see how he does.

Beverley · 28-07-2010, 10:12 PM

Hi, after tomorrow I will have nineteen torts, 3 of these are horsfield they are out day and night, I would only bring them in if the temp falls below 12C which is not a problem at the moment or if we had a couple of very wet days where they didn't get up, I would bring them in to heat up. It's a bit colder at the moment and they are eating less so may bring them in, for a heat up.
I mix the sand and soil so it's a lighter consistency and have some stones over it, really it's to try and replicate what they have in the wild. I forgot to say they are outside at night in little hutches that I can lock, just in case of predators such as foxes.

a11ycat · 29-07-2010, 12:52 PM

Thats great information, I think it's something we will work towards with him... he's never really been outside before, and I don't want to make him ill by just putting him outside 24/7 even if the temperature is ok... we'll do a few hours at a time and gradually build up...

Beverley · 29-07-2010, 01:03 PM

If you look in the housing section their are pics of my outside enclosures it's in two parts

excuse my techie ignorance I don't know how to put up a link. I put them up recently so u may not have to search for long

Lucozade · 31-07-2010, 01:17 PM

Hi there welcome

justmeandmytortoise · 02-08-2010, 06:21 AM

Hi and welcome

Lorcan06 · 11-08-2010, 09:32 PM

Welcome

WOW there might be enough of use from the emerald isle to have our own tortoise meet one day!!

28-07-2010, 11:16 AM	#23
Beverley Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,493	Hi and welcome to SW, it's great to see another member here from the emerald isle I keep horsfield torts, at moment they have been out since May in secure enclosures. When inside they are kept on a mix of 70% topsoil and 30% playsand. I just feed garden weeds. They are great little torts to keep __________________

28-07-2010, 10:12 PM	#25
Beverley Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,493	Hi, after tomorrow I will have nineteen torts, 3 of these are horsfield they are out day and night, I would only bring them in if the temp falls below 12C which is not a problem at the moment or if we had a couple of very wet days where they didn't get up, I would bring them in to heat up. It's a bit colder at the moment and they are eating less so may bring them in, for a heat up. I mix the sand and soil so it's a lighter consistency and have some stones over it, really it's to try and replicate what they have in the wild. I forgot to say they are outside at night in little hutches that I can lock, just in case of predators such as foxes. __________________

29-07-2010, 01:03 PM	#27
Beverley Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 3,493	If you look in the housing section their are pics of my outside enclosures it's in two parts excuse my techie ignorance I don't know how to put up a link. I put them up recently so u may not have to search for long __________________

02-08-2010, 06:21 AM	#29
justmeandmytortoise Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 2,682	Hi and welcome __________________ www.justmeandmytortoise.webs.com Tortoise, Terrapin and Turtle group covering Kent and London

11-08-2010, 09:32 PM	#30
Lorcan06 Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 331	Welcome WOW there might be enough of use from the emerald isle to have our own tortoise meet one day!! __________________ LORCAN

27-07-2010, 06:10 PM	#21
a11ycat Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	Thanks all, appreciate it! I want to look after him as well as I can and be able to pass on the knowledge to my dad when he gets him. Have got him a book on keeping tortoises also. I'd love tortoises myself, but the boyfriend is a bit resistant at the minute, so hoping Chester will win him round.

28-07-2010, 10:45 AM	#22
em7070 Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 295	Welcome to the forum!!

28-07-2010, 01:53 PM	#24
a11ycat Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	Hi Beverley - Do you keep them outside day and night? Is that with or without a heat option when they're outside? How many Horsefields do you have? Out of curiosity, why do you mix the soil/sand? We have a brand new chicken run (but no chickens yet), so we built it for him last night, and he'll go outside for a few hours today to see how he does.

29-07-2010, 12:52 PM	#26
a11ycat Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	Thats great information, I think it's something we will work towards with him... he's never really been outside before, and I don't want to make him ill by just putting him outside 24/7 even if the temperature is ok... we'll do a few hours at a time and gradually build up...

31-07-2010, 01:17 PM	#28
Lucozade Member Egg Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 90	Hi there welcome

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