My Horsfield Tortoises

[HappyCrazyBunny]

Hey! Just thought I would share some pics of my three little Horsfields.
George - I hatched George myself in August 2008. She's a little cutey!

Charlie - Charlie is George's hatchmate! He's a great climber and love climbing his straw shelter and then 'sliding' off the top


Luna - I bought Luna last september. She around 2 years old and is definitely the more easy going of the three

Helen xx

[xvickyx]

Very cute

[Becky Eller]

[Vicki X]

Oh they lovely!!!
My new one Lola's a climber too, she's a mad head lol!!! Tallulah bit more chilled out, who says torts are boring i could sit for hours watching mine.

[tickandtock]

They are lovely. I love the last picture.

[Wurthers]

hey they are gorgeous, is that calcium powder you have sprinkled in the soil?

[tickandtock]

I have a baby horsfield hatching has we speak.

[HappyCrazyBunny]

Originally Posted by Wurthers

hey they are gorgeous, is that calcium powder you have sprinkled in the soil?

Its possibly the playsand your seeing or finely crushed oyster shell which makes a nice substrate just under the lamp as it heats up to just the right temperature for them.

Helen xx

[Wurthers]

finely crushed oyster shell! right ok,i shall look into that thanks,never heard anything like that before. does this have same effect with any finely crushed shell fish??

[HappyCrazyBunny]

Originally Posted by Wurthers

finely crushed oyster shell! right ok,i shall look into that thanks,never heard anything like that before. does this have same effect with any finely crushed shell fish??

Well it is just calcium carbonate and won't do them any harm to eat the odd piece and could add additional calcium when its needed. I'm not sure about other shells. As I bought the finely crushed oyster shell from a petshop. I think its more often used for birds so you'd maybe find it in that particular section.
Helen xx