Overwintering Tortoises Successfully
Andy C. Highfield A typical 'Tortoise Table' setup with overhead basking lamp 'Overwintering' is a term that is used to describe keeping...
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tortoisetrust
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Constructing a Simple Open-topped Tortoise Enclosure
By Sue Brooks 'Tortoise-tables' offer many advantages over enclosed vivariums. Here's how to make your own! This simple enclosure can be...
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tortoisetrust
- Sep 6
- 9 min
Hydration and Your Tortoise
There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding on the subject of the water requirement of tortoises. This is unfortunate, as a number...
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tortoisetrust
- Aug 31
- 19 min
Safer Hibernation & Your Tortoise
This is the current and updated version of the classic booklet of which well over 100,000 copies were distributed free of charge in...
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tortoisetrust
- Aug 29
- 13 min
Refrigerator Hibernation (Brumation) Methods for Tortoises & Turtles
Andy C. Highfield Refrigerators have been used successfully to artificially hibernate (brumate, in the case of reptiles) many animals....
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tortoisetrust
- Aug 28
- 4 min
Notes on Refrigerator Hibernation for Mediterranean Tortoises with temperature and weight graphs
Kate Bradley This is a very useful and important article that we first published on our old website. As it still remains highly relevant...
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tortoisetrust
- Aug 25
- 15 min
Practical outdoor habitats and pen design in colder climates
One of the early experimental 'mini-greenhouse' units from 1999-2000 in a sloped, well-drained outdoor pen planted with an edible...
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tortoisetrust
- Jul 28
- 5 min
Aestivation: The Environmental 'Triggers' in Tortoises
We know that many species of tortoises do aestivate (summer dormancy) over the heat of summer, but there has long been uncertainly as to...
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tortoisetrust
- Jul 7
- 10 min
Unnaturally High Growth rates in Tortoises: Causes and Consequences
Massively accelerated captive growth in a young Testudo horsfieldii (Russian tortoise). Metabolic bone disease (MBD) occurs if a...
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tortoisetrust
- Jun 30
- 1 min
How arid-habitat tortoises survive
Extreme heat. No water. No food. How do they do it?
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tortoisetrust
- Jun 1
- 19 min
The Climate Frame Terrarium UPDATED
With natural UV-B and Infra-Red Super-effective outdoor housing for tortoises in colder climates Lumisol UV-B transmitting sheet on...
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tortoisetrust
- May 11
- 24 min
Captive Care of the Russian Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii
The Horsfield's tortoise: Testudo horsfieldii (GRAY) 1844 - History in the pet trade, ecology and biology, captive breeding,...
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tortoisetrust
- Apr 28
- 29 min
Feeding Tortoises: Avoiding Dietary Disasters
A wild Testudo hermanni hermanni grazes on low-lying vegetation. Updated Tortoise Trust guidelines for: Feeding Leopard tortoises -...
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tortoisetrust
- Apr 12
- 5 min
Understanding Humidity for Tortoise Keepers
Measuring Relative Humidity and Temperature Temperature, lighting and humidity are critical environmental factors that profoundly affect...
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tortoisetrust
- Apr 4
- 15 min
The Tortoise Myth-Busters: Episode 7
Fruit for Arid Habitat Tortoises - 'Treat' or Tragedy? A Centrochelys sulcata gorges on ripe water melons... what are the risks in this?...
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tortoisetrust
- Mar 30
- 18 min
Dietary Fibre in the diet of the Herbivorous Tortoise Testudo graeca graeca in Spain: Some implications for captive husbandry
Faecal pellet from wild Testudo graeca graeca revealing incredibly high long-fibre content. It has long been recognised that dietary...
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tortoisetrust
- Mar 24
- 24 min
The Tortoise Myth-Busters: Episode 6
Do semi-arid habitat tortoises use 'Humid hides' in the wild? Are they necessary in captivity? Does the 'closed chamber' method have any...
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tortoisetrust
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Do wild tortoises get overgrown beaks, and if not, why not?
A very common question among keepers... answered. Captive Testudo hermanni boettgeri (Eastern Hermann's tortoise) with a typically...
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tortoisetrust
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Calcium levels in substrates, graze plants, and UV-B distribution in Mediterranean tortoise habitats
A brief introduction to some field measurements in mid-March, taken in Almeria, Southern Spain. In this video, we also briefly discuss...
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tortoisetrust
- Mar 10
- 15 min
Tortoise Shell Deformities: A View from the Inside
Why avoiding growth deformity is so very important A typical example of not only raised scute growth (commonly known as 'pyramiding') but...
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