Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
01-09-2016, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,527
Micro chipping
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knows very much about getting tortoises micro chipped? I just called our vet who quoted £40-£50 per tortoise. They weren't sure if there was a minimum size...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
13-08-2016, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
08-06-2016, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
08-06-2016, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
08-06-2016, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
Indoor tortoise care
Hello,
We've just moved from a house with a garden to somewhere without one. We're only here for the short term but it does mean that our tortoises are always in the tortoise table (apart from the...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
07-06-2016, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
04-06-2016, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
04-06-2016, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
02-12-2015, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
01-12-2015, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
01-12-2015, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
01-12-2015, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
Thanks for your replies. What do you think the...
Thanks for your replies. What do you think the best thing to do is? Do you know of any vets in the Plymouth area who are tortoise specialists? We're planning on going ahead with hibernation for the...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
01-12-2015, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
Hello,
Thanks for your reply! Apparently...
Hello,
Thanks for your reply! Apparently they're the person the vets call in if they don't know what to do for a tortoise but they suggested things like vivariums which are a terrible idea for...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
01-12-2015, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 13,644
Spur-thigh with puffy eye
Hello,
We have been keeping spur thigh tortoises for a while now. We have some four and five year olds who always hibernate and are just winding down now. We also have three 16month old tortoises...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
03-01-2015, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,838
Thanks Sandy, that's great. It sounds like...
Thanks Sandy, that's great. It sounds like they're probably ok then - we just weren't sure how firm the plastron was supposed to be at this age! We'll keep weighing them and try to make sure they're...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
03-01-2015, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,838
Looking after hatchlings
Hello,
We have three 5-month old spur-thighed hatchlings. We've put them in a tortoise table with the proper UVA and UVB lamp, daily cuttlefish sprinkled on their food and weekly nutrobal...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
18-11-2014, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,773
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
17-11-2014, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,773
Hibernation
Hello,
We have some three year old spur-thighed tortoises. we've had them for about six months(ish) so have never hibernated them. They were hibernated before we had them though. We're really...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
03-10-2014, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,135
So does that mean most clutches end up mixed...
So does that mean most clutches end up mixed because cheap incubators are used? There seem to be an awful lot more males around than females given that everyone incubates at the higher temperature!
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
02-10-2014, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 840
Sorry, I wasn't really complaining about the...
Sorry, I wasn't really complaining about the guinea pig cage - I've seen some pictures of amazing set ups in them! It was really that there were so many tortoises in the same one and that they were...
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Forum: Breeding and Incubation
02-10-2014, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,135
Probabilities in breeding
I was just wondering…if you incubate spur-thighed eggs at the higher temperature (for females) what proportion normally end up as boys/girls? Is it generally all female or is it just more females...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
29-09-2014, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 840
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Forum: Identification/Sexing.
29-09-2014, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,160
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Forum: Identification/Sexing.
27-09-2014, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,160
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Forum: Identification/Sexing.
27-09-2014, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,160
Thank you!!
These are our four spur-thighed...
Thank you!!
These are our four spur-thighed tortoises, they're living happily together at the moment but we'll see how well they get on over the next few years. Roy and Nora are mine and Cleo and...
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