Turbo Tortoise Tips

Important things to remember:

Do NOT feed the same food every day, give a bit of variety where possible.

Do NOT drop the tortoise, it can kill it.

Do NOT let it near garden ponds, tortoises drown.

Do NOT let them get caught out by frost, it can cause serious damage.

Do NOT mow your lawn until you know where tortoise is.

Remember they can climb netting.

If it can see through a hole in the fence, it will try and get through the fence.

When you put small tortoises out in the summer protect them from predators.( crows / magpies cats / dogs / foxes ).

A UVB lamp when indoors.

Calcium on their food daily.

Bath babies daily in warm water, no deeper than join between plastron & carapace, 5 to 10 min.

Vitamin supplement weekly,: Nutrobal / Vionate. Can be obtained from Vetark.

A place to bask at 30C during day.

Somewhere to hide & feel safe.

Small water dish in their pen.

Worming twice a year, spring / autumn. ( panacur 2.5% 3ml per Kg body weight )

Tortoise Trust Guide To Tortoises & Turtles by A. C. Highfield.

Mediterranean Tortoises by Brian Pursall.

A Guide To Rearing Mediterranean Tortoises by Linda E. King.(downloadable from www.tlady.clara.net/).

Happy tortoises

Rob Reynolds ( Seers Croft Veterinary Surgery ) 01293 851122