Forum: Housing
24-05-2017, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,618
Mine are outside 24/7, and I don't close the...
Mine are outside 24/7, and I don't close the doors either - if they want to sleep outside they can. but I did build a framed net over the whole enclosure...
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Which brings me to a similar...
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Forum: General Discussion
19-03-2017, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,583
Used UVB tubes
Hi guys,
I've got a growing collection of used UVB tubes - I have changed them twice a year for the 5 years we've had our tortoises. I have no way of testing their output, but given their 'initial'...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
24-02-2017, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,845
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
23-02-2017, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,519
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
23-02-2017, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,519
Hi all, good to see some familiar faces still...
Hi all, good to see some familiar faces still around :)
Took a 'work from home' day today, the amazon-man turned up, and a quick trip to the pet-store for some new light bulbs etc, and we're all...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
21-02-2017, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,519
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
21-02-2017, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,519
Premature wake up
Hi Guys,
Long time no post :| (sorry!!!)
Got a bit of a worry on my hands... I've been hibernating our pair (fridge method) since Christmas eve....
Plan was to get them out wk3 of March, as such...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
13-10-2015, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,893
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
13-10-2015, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,893
Hi guys,
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread,...
Hi guys,
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I'm looking to get our certificate issued in our name. I found the forms thanks to this thread, but I'm stuck on section 19 - ie, why do I want it...
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Forum: General Discussion
15-05-2015, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,131
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Forum: Housing
02-03-2015, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,450
I too used to have the covers hinged to the...
I too used to have the covers hinged to the enclosure, which I was very happy with at the time, it used to raise up and hook perfectly between 2 fence posts.
Although now I've made their enclosure...
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Forum: Housing
26-02-2015, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,134
hehe, don't worry :)
basically my set up is...
hehe, don't worry :)
basically my set up is a heat & light (separate).
I have a 3ft tube heater and that heat emitter running 24/7
The temps are set to 24 in the day & 12 at night, but I'll be...
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Forum: Housing
20-02-2015, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,134
I use one of these - and in fact I have just...
I use one of these - and in fact I have just 'woken' my pair up this morning after 7 weeks in hibernation and have found the blasted emitter has 'blown', so I need to go and buy another (the exact...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
12-01-2015, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,118
The upside down tortoise enigma
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150108-the-upside-down-tortoise-enigma
"Dr Golubović and her colleagues analysed 118 Hermann's tortoises (54 females and 64 males), placing each on its back and...
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
27-06-2014, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,148
Blimey, after that rain yesterday there were...
Blimey, after that rain yesterday there were loads of slugs out - all eating my plants.
I had to do 2 sessions of slug hunting, and must have picked up 40-50 in total.... all slung over the fence. :D
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Forum: Mediterranean Tortoises - Information & Questions
26-06-2014, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,148
I posted up a thread here about slugs: ...
I posted up a thread here about slugs:
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=50935
In reality I didn't get a satisfactory conclusion - instead I now go out on a nightly...
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Forum: Other Animals
25-06-2014, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,164
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Forum: General Discussion
24-06-2014, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,171
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Forum: Other Animals
24-06-2014, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,164
Hedgehog hospital direct debit break
Hope this isn't breaking the rules?!
But my local hedgehog hospital has put in for the direct debit competition which gives money to charities to help with their bills.
They were slow off the...
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Forum: Pictures
16-05-2014, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 318
Face off...
Todays heat seems to have supercharged our pair - they've been running around chasing each other all day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOiE99Ytt9M
They don't really deserve their 'slow'...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-05-2014, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,227
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Forum: General Discussion
11-05-2014, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,227
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Forum: General Discussion
09-05-2014, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,986
Almost... the soil thing is only 'banking' the...
Almost... the soil thing is only 'banking' the soil against the fence... case law has shown it's unrealistic to prevent regular soil from touching the boundary fence.
Your other points are correct...
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Forum: General Discussion
28-04-2014, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 950
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Forum: Housing
25-04-2014, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 881
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