Tortoises4You

10/11/2024

Livefood now available in our Chepstow Store

04/10/2024

LIVE Reptile Food.

Due to high public demand in a few weeks time we will be offering Fresh Livefood on Fridays & Saturdays. Mealworms, Crickets, Locusts.

Mealworms (fresh not dried) as excellent for feeding to wild birds, Squirrels and Bats!

Please register your interest with us by email or calling in to the shop, and we will alert all those registered, as soon as we have stock.

15/09/2024

There has been a general shortage of Tortoise availability this year.

03/09/2024

Amazing Tortoises the Aldabras.

19/08/2024

Larger than normal Garden Tortoises now available. Only three left. Purchase in store from our Chepstow shop or online 24/7. £125 each buy second at same time for just £99

17/08/2024

These babies bred in January 2024 love their special breakfast.

01/08/2024

Special Offer this weekend - Free Tortoise food worth £8.99 When buying any Tortoise.

01/08/2024

Garden Tortoises £99 each this weekend at our Chepstow shop. These Hermann’s are also microchipped.

First SIX customers will receive a 400gram Tortoise Food worth £8.99 Free of charge!

01/08/2024

One of our Adult Female Redfooted tortoises laying her eggs earlier this afternoon. Redfooted tortoises must never be hibernated. They can lay eggs at anytime of the year.

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27/07/2024

Two Rare Western Dwarf Garden tortoises left. Open Sunday 11am until 1pm

25/07/2024

Dwarf Hermann’s Garden Tortoises, three left. Bred in 2023.

These very rare garden tortoises are called ‘Western Dwarf Hermann’s.’They were captive bred in the UK in summer 2023. The eggs were incubated at the higher ...

25/07/2024

A few of these Cuties available. This species must never be hibernated.

The Redfooted tortoise is a Tropical species so must never be hibernated. The colouration is simply beautiful on this species.The species will do best initia...

18/07/2024

Hermann’s Garden Tortoises this Friday & Saturday VERY Special Offer just £99 each whilst stock lasts

14/07/2024

Redfooted baby tortoises in stock £149 each

12/07/2024

The FIVE YEAR rumour.

Tortoises when born in their natural environment, are obviously outside from day one. When they hatch, their Plastron especially is still very soft. It will harden up naturally and more quickly, when allowed outside. That is why garden tortoise species, such as Hermann’s and Horsfield’s and Mediterranean Spur Thighed, always thrive much better when allowed outside.

There is some misinterpretation of this best welfare practice on the Internet. Having offered many different species of tortoises, for the past forty two years, I still frequently hear people say, they have read on the Internet, that tortoises, should not be allowed outside until they are five or even seven years of age. People who practice this advice, will soon end up with a tortoise with some serious health issues. One of the problems they will face, is called ‘metabolic bone disease.’

In simple terms, garden species of tortoises, should always be allowed outside when suitable weather prevails. That means dry and mild weather. Even a cloudy day is fine, as the beneficial UV rays still pe*****te the clouds. Do not wait for a ‘hot sunny day.’ The tortoise will only ‘aestivate’ that means dig down and sleep, in order to remain cool.

It is true to say that, in the Northern hemisphere, here in the UK it is probably (due to inclement weather conditions) not to LEAVE your tortoise, outside, until they are bigger in size. So it is based upon the size of the tortoise and not its age. As the growth rate will be better and therefore quicker, if the tortoise has been allowed outside, more often than simply kept indoors, under a D3 bulb during the daytime.

11/07/2024

Redfooted Tortoises captive bred in January 2024.

01/07/2024

DWARF GARDEN TORTOISE Complete with Indoor Set Up
This Indoor set up is ideal for when the weather is a little wet or cold and the Tortoises don’t appreciate the British climate. At this time of year they will thrive out doors, and you can then use this Indoor Table set up during the winter time, to avoid having to hibernate your newly purchased Tortoise.

24/06/2024

RANDY our male Redfooted tortoise at it again. Some Garden Tortoises available from £99 each in our Chepstow shop. Open to the public Fridays and Saturday's 11am until 3pm