Due to ill health I’ve had to reduced my tortoises (mostly given them away to family).  As a result I don’t want to continue to own the MyHermanns website and forum and I’m hoping someone will come forward to take it on.  The annual running costs are approx £350 the bulk of which have been paid until Feb 2022.  I don’t want anything for the site as I would like it to continue.  I have very little knowledge of computers or websites and really left it to a fantastic guy called Sion. I’m sure he could transfer the website and forum over quite easily for a reasonable fee. Sadly ..read more

Yesterday, when I was going to sit down with my icecream and watch my tortoises, I found two of them eating a fish! Well, it must have fallen down from the sky. Some 100 metres from our house someone breeds fish. Since the middle ages they are breeding fish there. And Gray Herons often steel fish out of the water and sometimes lose it while flying.   I let my animals eat it. I thought that sometimes in Greece a fish falls from the sky, too.   I went to fetch my camera. Here are two videos and some photos:     and             Kind regards ..read more

I am pleased to report that the lady in our area who lost her tort of 14 years has got him back Someone found him wandering around on the street and very kindly contacted a local forum asking if anyone had lost a tort..he was missing for just over a month I think..   I love happy endings   Carol ..read more

Hi there,   I´m from Germany near Cologne, getting 70 at the end of the year. I haven´t been here since August 2018. In the meantime I reduced the number of my tortoises.   With much luck I found a middle-aged couple with a garden, 120 m². They are happy with four of my male tortoises. I am still a bit sad and I still miss them, even after two years. Richard, a male Graeca ibera, very old, in Germany since 1960/61 and a male Hermanni boettgeri, in Germany since 1964, old animals who spent their youth in Greece or in Turkey.   I was very much worried about what would happen to th ..read more

Hi   Hope everyone is well.   Shelly is eating really well and enjoying the sunshine.   Can I just ask: Shelly seems to be putting 4 grams a month on, is this enough. she seems fit and looks really healthy, she is charging all over the garden lol..which is great to see.   Thanks   Carol ..read more

This is my Shelly enjoying her romp around the garden in the sunshine.     Attached Thumbnails ..read more

I have a few hermanni babies available for sale to the right homes. Last year was my last year incubating the eggs (unless DEFRA stop importing from the EU). These little ones were hatched July last year and ready to go providing new owners have the correct setups. They are £90 or £160 for two. All have DEFRA certification, care sheets and after sales help for as long as you need it. They are presently Shropshire/Welsh Border, but I am willing to travel for the right homes. Attached Thumbnails ..read more

This male is a proven breeder and is microchipped with DEFRA certs. He is not a young tortoise and not to be housed with other males. He requires naturalistic keeping with additional heat lamp in either greenhouse or large cold frame ..read more

Happy Easter everone.   Hope all your torts are doing well.   Shelly is up and about and all over the garden, which is lovely to see. Hope the sunshine stays   Take Care   xx ..read more

Hi   My Shelly woke up today.   She looks good, shes been bathed and has eaten which was a big surprise.   I,m so relieved   Carol   ..read more