Jillyp
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Catching the precious raysI love the positions they get themselves in  
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FluffyBuffyWatwat
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Bless them.
That does not look comfortable.
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Dragonrat
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Toastie torties
| FluffyBuffyWatwat wrote: | | That does not look comfortable. |
It probably is more so than it looks - it's not like they've got to support their weight, they just wedge their shells in that position for a while.
How are they at climbing, Jilly?
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Sare
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They is cute
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Jillyp
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Climbing? Crap.... I've found Titch on his back a few times (Darwin used to do that before he died  ).
I think they were wedged in that corner as it was the first to get the sun, they look a lot more comfy now 
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Ratmad
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lol bless em
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Ratmad
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so are yours in a pen? what's it look like? have you planted it up? we just have him in the grass and bout him a christmas cactus and a nestursham....
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Jillyp
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Yes they are in a pen. It's an old donated rabbit run, with left over timber fence panels around it (so they can't see out). The hideaway is made from a free wooden wine box with roofing felt on the top. It is planted with pansies and various weeds I've pulled up from my walks.
So the cost to me - diddly squat  
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sarattie
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love the pen!!! thats great!!! even moreso that it was free!!!
What do they live in in the winter? do they hibernate adn go in the loft or is that old hat now, our local place only sells torts with vivariums, i wondrered if thats true or if theyre trying to get a heap extra cash out of people.....
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Jillyp
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| sarattie wrote: | love the pen!!! thats great!!! even moreso that it was free!!!
What do they live in in the winter? do they hibernate adn go in the loft or is that old hat now, our local place only sells torts with vivariums, i wondrered if thats true or if theyre trying to get a heap extra cash out of people..... |
They have an indoor home for autumn/winter (which certainly wasn't free) and typical critters, they don't really like it and spend all their time trying to get out.
Hibernating is a total minefield - lofts are a no-no (possibility of fluctuating temperatures causing all sorts of problems). I didn't hibernate mine last year as they were at the lower end of the safe hiberating weight scale, we'll see this year but I doubt I'll hibernate the babbas.
Vivsa re considered bad homes for torts. Hard to achieve a range of temperatures, can get too humid and torts can get stressed and injuries as they don't understand the concept of glass and will try to get out. A proper indoor home is called (rather bizarrely I think) a tortoise table - here's a pic of mine, complete with UV light and heat lamp.
I did change the substrate from hemp (bad reviews) to topsoil.
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sarattie
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thats really cool!! I have no idea when it comes to torts, except that maybe oneday Id quite like a pair!! James loves tortoises, but at the moment I have my hands full with the rats, a bun, a baby and a husband!!! lol
Love your set ups for them!! fantastic.
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