Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
11-12-2014, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 7
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Help - Is he hibernating??
I was wondering if anyone can help me?
I've put Reggie down to hibernate for the first time this year. I have stopped food for three weeks, plenty of baths, and reducing temperature.
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
21-10-2012, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 3
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Neck Sore - advice needed
Hi I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. My Hermans Reggie is continually scrabbling to get out of his enclosure and his shell is rubbing on his neck and it looks really sore. I first...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
08-04-2012, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,877
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
06-04-2012, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,877
Thanks for your messages everyone.
I'm...
Thanks for your messages everyone.
I'm actually pretty upset that this behaviour will continue. I live in a flat at the moment so Reggie doesn't get outside much where I can pen him off he usually...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
29-03-2012, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,877
Toe-biting tortoise!!
Hi, my Reggie has been acting very oddly lately and I wanted to ask around and see if anyone has observed any similar behaviour and has any advice for me?
Recently he has been very restless in his...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
07-04-2011, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,018
Thanks for all the advice! The UV measurers do...
Thanks for all the advice! The UV measurers do look like a good bit of kit but i can't afford one at the moment, good to know for the future as I'm pretty sure I'll invest in one! I do use Nutrabol...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
07-04-2011, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,018
Measuring UV output?
Hi Everyone,
I have a question about UV bulbs and their output. Is there any way you can measure the UV output of a bulb? I know that some say replace after 6 months and some say a year but I'm...
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Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments
30-03-2011, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 838
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Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments
24-03-2011, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,776
Reggie seems to disagree that thistles are okay...
Reggie seems to disagree that thistles are okay to eat... he is turning into a very fussy tortoise. I found some thistles today and went "hooray! i can collect some for Reggie to try!" I carefully...
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Forum: Housing
23-03-2011, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,358
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Forum: Housing
22-03-2011, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,358
Best ways to maintain humidity?
Hi Everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on the best way to keep the humidity level fairly high and fairly stable in an open top tort table? The vet said that too low...
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Forum: Edible Weeds, Diet & Suppliments
19-03-2011, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,776
Stinging nettle, ok or not?
I was under the impression from this site that stinging nettles were bad and dead nettles good, but on the Tortoise Table site it says young stinging nettles are ok in moderation. Well I found a...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
14-03-2011, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
Took Reggie back to the vet today as he still...
Took Reggie back to the vet today as he still wasn't pooing at all, his tail swelling hadn't gone down and he just seemed very blue. While the vet was poking and prodding him and thinking about...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
08-03-2011, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
Hi again,
Reggie just had has bath and did a...
Hi again,
Reggie just had has bath and did a wee, however the urates were yellowish rather than white, and pretty stringy (I have no idea what this may signify). Straight after weeing he strained...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
08-03-2011, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
08-03-2011, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
Thanks for all the advice everyone (and sorry I...
Thanks for all the advice everyone (and sorry I keep posting in the wrong forum section - I must read all the sections before I start a thread!)
Alan - Thanks for the advise about the solar glo, as...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
07-03-2011, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
He was diagnosed at the Dick Vet in Edinburgh,...
He was diagnosed at the Dick Vet in Edinburgh, it's the 1st time I've taken him to the vet since I got him and they are the only vet I know of in Edinburgh that see exotics and they are supposed to...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
07-03-2011, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 9,995
Worried about my tortoise :(
I'm worried about Reggie my little 2 year old Hermanns. He had a swollen bum so we took him to the vet and she diagnosed him with worms but also MBD and so he has worm medicine we have to syringe...
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Forum: Housing
07-03-2011, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,622
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Forum: Housing
05-03-2011, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,622
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Forum: Where to Buy and Bargains
04-03-2011, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,835
Exo Terra Solar Glo - £25
Hi! I love the bargains and buys section of the forum! I thought I'd share one:
I have just found the Exo Terra Solar Glo 125W and 160W bulbs on offer for £25 each - a total bargain considering...
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Forum: Housing
04-03-2011, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,622
Substrate and cleaning query
Hi Everyone,
I'm sorry if this sounds like a very silly question but how often should substrate such as topsoil be changed?
When my hermans was younger he just had newspaper which I would change...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
04-03-2011, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,139
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
04-03-2011, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,760
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Forum: Introduce Yourself
18-02-2011, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,760
Carol and Reggie say **HI** from Edinburgh!
Hi my name is Carol, and my two year old Hermans tortoise Reginald (Reggie) and I (and various other pets) live in Edinburgh and are very excited to be joining this little tortoise community!
I have...
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