Tortoise Blog

Summer Heatwave

By: Natalie

Please take the time to read in full. This blog covers why a lot of your tortoises are sleeping all day and what you need to do when presented with extreme weather conditions like the forecast heatwave.

NEW! Tortoise Table Accessory Packs

By: Natalie

We're excited to showcase our new products. Due to numerous requests, we have put together a package just for accessories. This accessory pack contains all the essentials you need for your tortoise table. This way, if you are buying a tortoise from us and a table from elsewhere, or building your own, you can still fill your table with our top quality products and our tortoise package style discounts. But don't forget, the discounts get bigger, as the package does, so the savings in our tortoise packages will always be greater, not just than other packages on our site, but than any other tortoise outlet online.

How you can give your tortoise a varied diet

By: Natalie

I know we're all getting sick of the current crisis talk, but it's reached that point where we all know someone effected by it. We just want to have a word about how you will feed your tortoise if you are told to self isolate. It may be tempting to buy pellets or feed your tortoise solely on dried flower supplements, but it is important to try to maintain their fresh diet. Here are some tips to help you feed your tortoise through isolation;

Tortoise Housing: Which is right for my tortoise?

By: Natalie

As you know, we do not sell our tortoises to just anyone. If you purchase a tortoise on it's own, without a complete setup (tortoise package). we will ask for photos of your tortoise table and lighting setup. This is solely to ensure that your baby tortoise gets the best start in life. To help you along your way, here are some of the tables we are often presented with

Tortoise Lighting: Which is right for my tortoise?

By: Natalie

Following on from our Tortoise Housing blog. Here we will look at the different lighting setups available, which you will need for your new setup and which you should definitely avoid.

Coleus Seed Progress

By: Natalie

With the launched our new Propagator set, we wanted to give you a view of what it's like to grow these beautiful perennials. What better way to show you, than to grow them ourselves.

Second Hand Daisy Tortoise House

By: Natalie

Why you should not purchase a second hand Daisy

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.

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.

Hibernation Blog 1: 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.