Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
ShellSafe’s tortoise brumation check
A free checker collects a tortoise’s species, age, measurements, health status and last-meal date, then says it will produce a dated brumation plan.
- For
- UK tortoise keepers preparing for brumation
- Worth noticing
- Its measurement guide says to measure the straight gap between books placed against the shell, never over the curve.
Field notes
The form gathers species, age, weight, shell length, recent symptoms and the date of the last meal. Its measurement guide calls for a digital kitchen scale and a straight measurement between books placed at the front and back of the top shell; it also recommends using the same scale throughout winter. The page names three organizations whose published guidance informed the project, but the extracted material does not expose the checker’s calculations or resulting plan.
Observed signals
Read the marks
Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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