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Old 11-09-2007, 07:52 PM
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I have Hermann's... I love them!!

What is your set up? Tort table or viv?
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Old 13-09-2007, 01:02 AM
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Ive got an extra large rabbit cage, the one with plastic bottom & wire top....when all together will post pics xx
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Old 13-09-2007, 05:44 PM
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That's great, I have used them too
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Old 16-09-2007, 02:09 PM
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Yesterday I brought 2 x 06 horsfield, Turbo & Scooby they are eating well, havent been in house as yet have prefered to bury themselves instead! only one thing Im totally horrified at is the subtrate I was told to buy, its the alfafa pellets got a huge sack too. I have playsand (also keep hermit crabs) what else can I use with it... what top soil is it? Can I use hemp & sand & top soil mix? now completely hacked off & worried..please help...thanks xx
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Old 16-09-2007, 02:19 PM
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Yesterday I brought 2 x 06 horsfield, Turbo & Scooby they are eating well, havent been in house as yet have prefered to bury themselves instead! only one thing Im totally horrified at is the subtrate I was told to buy, its the alfafa pellets got a huge sack too. I have playsand (also keep hermit crabs) what else can I use with it... what top soil is it? Can I use hemp & sand & top soil mix? now completely hacked off & worried..please help...thanks xx

You didnt have to buy it ! It's awful stuff, it's so high in protein, take it back and tell them you don't need it....or give it to someone who can use it.

Top soil is just plain top soil, you can get it at any garden centre, B & Q stock it too. Use a 50/50 mix of soil/sand.......you can provide a sleeping hut with hemp in it, but soil is just as good.

Did you buy these torts at a pet shop? Most imports do hide away, they are scared of humans as they aren't used to them . CB torts are much more friendlier and settle in far quicker, but if yours are CB then they are perhaps just settling in. If not CB, then I would urge you to have a faecal sample checked at your tortoise vet for worms.
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Old 16-09-2007, 02:32 PM
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I know I didnt have to buy it but when someone who supposedly knows their stuff tells a newby thats its made for tortoises you kind of get the idea that its ok!! what else can it be used for? They are CB but I did phone a place in the week that sell imports near to me! Got some hemp ordered & off to B & Q now for top soil. thanks Phoebe.
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Old 16-09-2007, 03:11 PM
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You didnt have to buy it! It's awful stuff, it's so high in protein
calm down and stop going over the top pheobe......

she didnt know
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She did say she didnt know and is a new to it all, give her a chance. She has already said what else can she use. Calm down and help people.
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She did say she didnt know and is a new to it all, give her a chance. She has already said what else can she use. Calm down and help people.
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Old 16-09-2007, 03:38 PM
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She did say she didnt know and is a new to it all, give her a chance. She has already said what else can she use. Calm down and help people.
Agreed some people are just way OTT
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