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Hermanns Tortoise - 2 Years Old (Herman)
High Wycombe
15 hours
Hermann Tortoise2 yearsMixed
£150
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Adv. Location
High Wycombe
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For sale
Age
2 years
Breed
Hermann Tortoise
Is Endangered Species
Sex
Mixed
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These three UK captive bred tortoises are two years old. They are still small and cute but the first crucial two years have been taken care of by myself :) They are in excellent condition. I am looking for good homes for them.
All three are 8cms long (Plastron measurement)
Hatched by myself in July 2023.
I have over 20 years experience breeding and raising Hermann’s tortoises - and I offer free advice for the rest of your tortoises life.
On each photo I have labelled them with A, B and C. So you can tell me your favourite if you wish to reserve one.
If you would like anymore photos or information just let me know.
A little bit about these youngsters genetics: My lone Western Hermanns male (that someone gifted me) mated with one of my young adult Eastern Hermanns females. So they are half Western Hermanns and half Eastern Hermanns. The babies that were produced were very nice. I spoke to ‘The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)’ and they class both Eastern and Western Hermans as Testudo Hermanni and they therefore just class these three youngsters as Testudo Hermanni. The APHA does not differentiate between these two Hermanns subspecies. So the Article 10 certificates just say Testudo Hermanni.
Anyway, I sold most of the babies produced but kept my three favourites to grow on for a couple of years. As you can probably see, they have more patterning on their shells like a Western Hermanns and they also tend to have a bit more yellow skin / scales like the Western Hermanns. Generally, the mixed hatchlings look more like Western Hermanns than Eastern Hermanns.
Below is an overview of how they have been raised:
They have been living in a large black plastic container with a corrugated perspex lid - so as to be able to maintain humidity. They have been kept at roughly 70 - 80 percent humidity, which is very good for them and ensures very good bone growth and shell development.
(Low humidity is a big contributing factor to shell pyramiding)
Their diet has been a wide variety of organic weeds that I grow in my garden: Dandelion, Mallow, Campanula, Sedum, Clover, Vetch, Plantain, Cats Ears etc etc. Once or twice a week they get a small amount of soaked Nutrazu (Mazuri). They have had access to cuttlefish, which they like to munch on.
I use Arcadia 12 percent UVB lighting (Arcadia is very good)
The substrate has been a mix of coconut coir and top soil (I use more coconut coir than top soil to keep the soil loose in places - as the tortoises like to bury themselves a little bit at night).
They have had an excellent start to life.
You can keep them in a large vivarium or a large tub with a cover - this will mean that you can maintain some humidity.
They should not be kept in a tortoise table without a cover, as you will not be able to create any significant humidity. If the tortoise table has walls that are 40cms or higher then you could put a cover over the top and have the UVB strip lighting just below the cover - but it is easier to use a vivarium. I hear that pet shops are still recommending tortoise tables, basking lamps that are too hot and not advising people about the importance of humidity - which is a shame.
Some vivariums may need a little bit of ventilation added to them - but that is easy to do. Wooden vivariums will need some sealing inside to stop moisture getting in the wood - but this is easy to do with some HA6 sealant.
Swell UK now has nice looking waterproof PVC vivariums which are great for raising tortoises in - they are enclosed so you can create humidity and they have a decent amount of ventilation.
Of course, during the summer these three youngsters will benefit from being outside.
These tortoises are currently tough enough to spend warm days in a small run outside, as long as it mesh cover. When they are adults they wont need a mesh cover - just a secure run and then they can spend a large part of the year outside (all year if you have the right type of garden or run).
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