The Tortoise Table

He is very sleepy in the mornings. It takes him a while to get going. Is that normal for tortoises? We won't hibernate him this year. If you could send information about keeping him awake if he shows signs of trying, that would he great. He usually sleeps in his moss hut or buried but the last coupl...

Thank you for your reply, Nina. This site has been so helpful! He likes to bury himself right down in the substrate to sleep. We've lost him in it a couple of times :) Do they always sleep like that or is he getting ready to hibernate? We weren't going to hibernate him this year but should we? From ...

Hi! I know from reading the posts it is not easy to age a tortoise. We've had our Horsfield, Thor, for 4 weeks now. We were told by the reptile store he (not actually sure what gender) was a year old but he weighs 113g and reading through the forum posts that isn't the weight of a year-old tortoise....