Tortoise Blog

Hibernation Blog 3: Winding down your tortoise

By: Natalie

How to successfully wind down your tortoise for hibernation.

Hibernation Blog 2: Preparing your boxes to hibernate your tortoise in the fridge

By: Natalie

Fridge hibernation is the most controlled method and the safest. It is important to have everything ready before your tortoise finishes it's wind down.

Hibernation Blog 1: Preparing Your Hibernation Box for a Garage or Shed

By: Natalie

Here we're going to talk about the recommended methods for hibernation. We will start with the hibernation box

Working hard for the baby rush

By: Natalie

The babies are here and the certificates are being processed. We're rushed off our feet, but we wouldn't have it any other way

Sneak Peak

By: Natalie

As you may already know, it's baby season and we are so excited to show you our eggs hatching. These are one of our Spur-Thigh species (Ibera)

More Hatchlings

By: Natalie

As you may already know, it's baby season and we are so excited to show you our eggs hatching. These are our Hermanns

They're Hatching

By: Natalie

One of our breeders has been kind enough to send us photos of their eggs hatching. These are the Marginated hatchlings that you can now reserve by way of purchasing a deposit from our website.

Tortoise Shop Product Notice

By: Natalie

The Tortoise Shop trade exclusively at thetortoiseshop.com. We do not sell on 3rd party sites such as Amazon or eBay.

2019 Calendar Competition

By: Natalie

This year we are accepting all entries to natalie@thetortoiseshop.com

Tortoise Waiting List

By: Natalie

Waiting lists are now open for all hatchlings due summer 2018

The Do's and Don'ts of Hibernation

By: Natalie

It's that time of the year again, when we are all panicking about hibernation. I just want to take this time to address some issues and go over the FAQs of hibernation.

Kritters Crumble Is Now In Stock

By: Natalie

Our favourite bedding has finally arrived back at the tortoise shop. In case you missed it last time. Kritters Crumble is an organic bedding made completely from coconut husk.