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how to look after a tortoise2007-11-24 1:59:58

what type of heat lamps and light lamps? what they eat?

what they live in?

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Please have alook at the tortoise trust website. They have lots of useful information there. Keeping a tortoise properly is quite a complicated matter. The different species need different types of care.

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Please dont tell me you have bought one without finding out first?

Do you know how long they live?

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Very, very slowly.

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Please leave wild life alone

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Good grief..you should have gotten all the info BEFORE you got home with the precious creature! If you are asking in anticipation of adopting one check the website below!

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there like lettuce and tomatoes there also like there freedom to walk around a heat mat is best for them to lye on at night time .a heat lamp for the winter .to let it hibernate in.

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first of all how old is the tortoise and where do u live? you do not need to keep heat lamps on them if u live in a warm climate. you can build an enclosure in your back yard for it, make sure he cant see through the fence or it will spend all its time trying to get out. at night when its cooler it will sleep, which they have to. heat lamps will just keep it moving. put a little shelter in the enclosure for it so its safe and feels secure. They will dig so put the sides down in the dirt. They eat a variety of foods, DO NOT FEED ICEBERG LETTUCE!! there is no nutrition in it, they love it and will eat themselves to death. Here is a list of good food, grate up what u can, they seem to like a tossed salad, so to speak. Romaine lettuce (a natural antibiotic) watercress, turnip greens, green beans, carrots, kale, cactus, spinach, green bell peppers, grape leaves, mustard greens, apple (no seeds) banana, black berries,blueberries, mango. They need water, so twice a week put them in about 2 inches of water and they will drink as much as they need. In Oct they will hibernate until April. keep them in a dry clean box in a safe place(closet for instance). if u have any more questions e mail me. There are poisonous foods NO AVOCADOS. NO SEEDS OF ANY KIND, POTATOES, RHUBARB, MUSHROOMS

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some eat meat and some don't, live in rainforest's type place and and you should just get the purpler heat lamp

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I had 3 box turtles and they loved alpo dog food in a can also lettuce and tomatoes and fruit. and worms but you should buy a book or something

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Before you ask that, ask yourself "where is the nearest reptilian specialist?"