23/09/2013 15:30
HI ALL , WELL, LOLA IS DOING SO WELL AND IS SUCH A LOVLEY TORTOISE I AM SO HAPPY THAT SHE IS HERE. SHE HAS PUT ON 5 OZ IN WEIGHT WHICH IS BRILLIANT .NOW WHEN I PUT HER ON THE LAWN SHE HAPPILY MUNCHES AWAY ON THE GRASS AND I MAKE A TRAIL OF DANDELION FLOWERS WHICH SHE FOLLOWS AROUND THE...
12/09/2013 16:49
HI ALL. WELL, I HAVE HAD A FEW EMAILS ABOUT TORTIES SLOWING DOWN FOR THE WINTER SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TALK A BIT ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT. FIRSTLY ,WE HAVE HAD SUCH A HOT SUMMER AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS 12 DEGREES LOWER SO ALL MY TORTIES THOUGHT OH! OK TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT...
12/09/2013 16:39
HI ALL, WELL, LOLA HAS REALLY SETTLED IN AND TODAY SHE ACTUALLY CAME TO ME !!! YES REALLY , NO SHE WASN'T JUST WALKING MY WAY SHE REALLY CAME TO ME.. I HAVE BEEN USING HER NAME ALL THE TIME AND TODAY WHEN SHE WAS IN THE GARDEN I STOPPED NEAR HER AND CALLED TO HER SHE LOOKED UP AND MADE HER...
10/09/2013 11:35
THIS MORNING LOLA MY NEW SULCATA WAS WEIGHED MEASURED AND BATHED ! SHE HAS SUCH A LOVELY NATURE AND IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY! AFTER THE BATH THE SUN WAS OUT SO I THOUGHT SHE MAY LIKE TO BROWSE HER NEW GARDEN WELL.... SHE WAS OFF LIKE A ROCKET AND TOOK A BITE OUT OF EVERY THING SHE PASSED !...
10/09/2013 09:50
MORNING ALL; HOW COLD IS IT ! AND SO SUDDENLY..I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEW HATCHLINGS... FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ONE OR 2 EVERY YEAR FROM ME YOU WILL ALREADY BE SETTLED INTO A ROUTINE AND HAVE IRONED OUT ANY LITTLE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE HAD..FOR THOSE JUST STARTING OUT IT CAN BE A PRETTY DAUNTING...
09/09/2013 19:51
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE "KATHLEEN" WHO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY ALL THE WAY FROM NOTTINGHAM. SHE IS SUCH A PRETTY SPUR THIGHED AND IS ABOUT 50/60 YEARS OLD BUT IS TINY ! THE FAMILY HAVE DONATED HER BECAUSE THEIR MUM WHO IS IN HER 80'S IS NOT ABLE TO LOOK AFTER HER ANY MORE. SHE SETTLED...
09/09/2013 19:18
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIBERNATION AS I HAVE HAD ALOT OF QUESTIONS RECENTLY ABOUT HOW TO HIBERNATE. YEARS AGO WHEN THESE LOVELY CREATURES FIRST ARRIVED HERE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT OR HOW TO LOOK AFTER THEM AND ALOT PERISHED BUT ALOT ALSO HARDENED THEMSELVES OFF TO OUR CHANGING CLIMATE AND ADAPTED...
09/09/2013 18:48
HI EVERYONE, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN RATHER HECTIC WHAT WITH THE HATCHLINGS AND THE HOT WEATHER. LAST SUNDAY I MET A WONDERFUL FAMILY WHO DONATED A YOUNG SULCATA . I HAVE CALLED HER "LOLA" AND SHE HAS SETTLED IN REALLY WELL IN HER NEW CUSTOM FITTED HOUSE !!...
13/08/2013 21:57
I thought I would talk a little about plants for your Tortoise. Obviously they love dandelions and clover etc and you can buy tortoise seeds which I tried with great success this year. There are other plants you can grow lots of even if you don't have alot of space. One plant that is great and easy...
13/08/2013 21:39
Hi all, well, how busy have I been ! Hatchlings are arriving thick and fast and leaving me just as quickly!! I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all those of you who have picked your little ones up and to those of you awaiting your arrival especially the NEWBIES who...
