Recent content by Alecjb12

Thanks everyone! Plan on giving them a forever home with the best possible care.

A couple of scutes look to be loose.

Hello Tortoise Forum, I recently rescued two tortoises from a couple who are moving out of state. One of the tortoises had escaped earlier in the year and was found with severe shell damage. My questions are: 1. Does this classify as severe damage? 2. Any signs of shell rot? 3. Has it fully...

I don’t have any friends or family with plants unfortunately! What’s the process of making plants from stores safe for Binkie?

Those are all fantastic! It’s amazing how quick the community picks up new ways to properly care for their torts! To answer your question as to why I didn’t lay it on its side: I didn’t have enough floor space for an 8’x7’ enclosure and 8’x4’ seemed to be a decent enough size to raise the tort...

Hello All, I’m back after 12 years and it feels great to be apart of the community again! I’m here to share what I feel is the best option for those looking to provide a spacious, closed chamber enclosure for the best price possible. After looking searching far and wide for an enclosure that...

Thank you all for your responses! I’m so glad to be back in the forum. I made my first account here in 2012, but lost access to the email that was linked to it unfortunately…but here’s my new one! I will definitely try to provide a more varied diet. My lawn consists of a variety of weeds...

It might also be helpful to note that the tortoise’s plastron is pretty springy/soft.

Hello All, I just noticed my baby Sulcata has some pretty deep dents on his plastron. I received him a couple weeks ago and haven’t noticed them before, but I could have just missed them as I don’t assess his plastron regularly, or at all. Please see the attached pictures and let me know if...