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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets 02-04-2012, 09:18 PM
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Views: 796
Posted By Steph37
Hi, one of my horsfields woke with eyes shut and...

Hi, one of my horsfields woke with eyes shut and bulging like ET-and thought it and 2 others had RNS but it turned out to be a very severe eye infection. Vet thought it had lost its eyes and it...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 28-03-2012, 09:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,079
Posted By Steph37
They all bat for all teams usually though in my...

They all bat for all teams usually though in my experience! I have two Hermann males who live together happily (very happily!) and could only service female tortoises when they were in together with...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 28-03-2012, 06:59 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,079
Posted By Steph37
Is there any more info you can give me? I'm...

Is there any more info you can give me? I'm intrigued-but also by the fact that the 4 juveniles seem to be having some signs of interest in each other (and the definite male, kept separately) but...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 26-03-2012, 09:13 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,648
Posted By Steph37
Yes, mine remember from year to year. Amazing...

Yes, mine remember from year to year. Amazing isnt it. I even had a small enclosed hutch and run for juvenile Horsfields in case the adults got too much-I cut a 'tortoise flap' in the wire and...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 26-03-2012, 09:10 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,775
Posted By Steph37
But dont forget as long as their weight to length...

But dont forget as long as their weight to length ratio is ok it doesnt really matter what speed they grow at. My mega yearlings are perfect on the jacksons ratio but I just decided this year I...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 26-03-2012, 09:04 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 505
Posted By Steph37
I err on the side of caution too but the...

I err on the side of caution too but the specialist vet didnt think that two out of the three needed treating-and I think he was right as one is totally better, the other is getting there (the...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 26-03-2012, 08:31 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,079
Posted By Steph37
Really? Wow that's fascinating! Because it was...

Really? Wow that's fascinating! Because it was 'sexed' by people I would rely as being female and the other signs, like a flat base (name of base of shell has escaped me), the way the shell folds...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 10:32 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,079
Posted By Steph37
Asexual male horsfield!!

I rehomed the most peculiar looking 'viv'd Horsfield about 4 years ago. SHE became he when we realised he had been kept in a viv with leapords who had bitten off his tail. He must be between 8-12...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 10:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 505
Posted By Steph37
Horsfields strange diet

Hi, three of my juvenile HFs woke up unwell (one with eye infection, possibly RNS, two 'clicking' but not enough to be treated) which is something I've not experienced before. The really poorly one...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 10:11 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,775
Posted By Steph37
I think I overfed my hatclings last year although...

I think I overfed my hatclings last year although they were 100% weed fed and had a basking spot of 32 (which again is the key as whenever they finished they would wander around looking for...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 09:54 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 941
Posted By Steph37
I've been thankful to have an old viv for a...

I've been thankful to have an old viv for a sickly tortoise (but with most of the back taken off) but agree-yes, go straight to table-they hate change-I have my recently woken juveniles and adults in...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 04:35 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,016
Posted By Steph37
Surely its no different from conjoined human...

Surely its no different from conjoined human twins? I wonder if they know aboout its insides. And it doesnt look very young?
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 04:33 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,403
Posted By Steph37
Great idea-but so the shop dont get a bad name-if...

Great idea-but so the shop dont get a bad name-if this were the reason I would certainly make this clear to anyone seeing the tortoises so they dont get the wrong impression. Also they are then not...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 04:21 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,395
Posted By Steph37
Did you say the two males ever lived on therir...

Did you say the two males ever lived on therir own together? Mine were introduced to mate with the girls they used to live with, but they didnt have a clue-the only way they could perform was to have...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 04:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,562
Posted By Steph37
I just leave mine til they wake - they went down...

I just leave mine til they wake - they went down end of November and woke up 3 weeks ago and last week but I wouldnt have woken them up if one hadnt broken out of his box, fallen down 4 foot and was...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 04:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,648
Posted By Steph37
I think its mostly to do with food and body...

I think its mostly to do with food and body clocks (my htachlings bath themselves on a staurday if I forget to alter their timeswitch, and even if they do I think they get up at the same time and are...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 03:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 713
Posted By Steph37
I'm glad about this! I have a few that do it that...

I'm glad about this! I have a few that do it that havent seen do it before and was wondering if they were blind as their histories are unknown. Funny when hatchlings do it though-nit like a toddler...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 25-03-2012, 03:52 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
Posted By Steph37
Yes all mine out-from 8 months to ?? years but...

Yes all mine out-from 8 months to ?? years but only when the sun is on their runs. One of my adult Hermanns only woke on monday night, ate tuesday am and is out with his brother in the sunshine now....
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 10-10-2011, 08:40 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,479
Posted By Steph37
Definitely a horsfield (or Pukka pie as my mum...

Definitely a horsfield (or Pukka pie as my mum calls them!). Maybe it has been in your garage for a while and thought the summer had come-all my horsfields resurrected last week! Well, its not like...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 10-10-2011, 08:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 912
Posted By Steph37
I'm always worried about what would happen if the...

I'm always worried about what would happen if the fridge malfunctioned and there was a power cut-or worse-I had a normal fridge (as in ,for food!) which malfunctioned and froze everything....
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 09-10-2011, 08:12 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,479
Posted By Steph37
Horsfields are right escapologists-they love to...

Horsfields are right escapologists-they love to climb and are even better diggers-was yours very dirty when you found it (mine usually are disguised as balls of soil!)? Cos if s/he was dirty could...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 09-10-2011, 04:35 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 912
Posted By Steph37
Thanks everyone-I think I will dig them up! They...

Thanks everyone-I think I will dig them up! They aren't hibernated properly at the mo-they get up when the sun shines and eat and then disappear again. I can add soil to make the depth 2.5 foot but...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 08-10-2011, 10:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 912
Posted By Steph37
Wink UK Horsfields-is it ok to let them hibernate themselves?

Hi, I've got my Horsfields in a raised vegetable bed on my patio so they can dig but not get out. The raised bed in an 'L' shape and meets my fence and wall with a greenhouse and enclosed with...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 08-10-2011, 10:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,507
Posted By Steph37
The year I moved I had to keep my adult Hermanns...

The year I moved I had to keep my adult Hermanns and Horsfields in Hibernation for 5 months and they were none the worse for it as far as I can tell 4 years later! Once thay are down, I make the most...
Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions 08-10-2011, 10:14 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,265
Posted By Steph37
I went to Tunisia in 2001 before I was really...

I went to Tunisia in 2001 before I was really into tortoises again but stayed in Sousse and the Medina Port El Kantaoui and there were wild tortoises wandering everywhere-we would just walk past them...
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