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    Indented Nose

    I am aware the size has become inadequate for him and there are already plans to add on to it, I’ll be extending it when I have the funds to do so. I am fortunate enough to have the space to expand
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    Indented Nose

    He is a Marginated tortoise, he is in a closed top table (4x4) basking around 100 and cool end is usually in the low 80s to high 70s, humidity is up and down but usually around 60% I moved to a dryer climate and have been struggling to keep up his humidity. He is on a mixture of reptile soil...
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    Indented Nose

    I have never seen this question or anything similar brought up so I don’t know if it’s normal or not, but I’ve noticed recently where my tortoises nostrils are that they are indented. His nose sticks out then his nostrils are pushed in and then his nose comes back out into his beak. When I got...
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    Moving Homes with Tortoise

    I originally posted this thread before my 5 hour across province move, which I successfully made with 2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 tortoise and an aquarium with 12-15 fish (no casualties!) My dogs rode in a separate car, but I packed 3 cats, my aquarium and tortoise all in one car and it ended up working...
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    With all the adjustments I made yesterday I already see a change this morning, by 7:30-8am he was already active wandering around making noise in his table, I fed him and checked him and his nose was nice and dry this morning. Will continue to be more vigilant with humidity control and watching...
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    Yes Yes, thank you, I went through all these when I joined in 2020
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    Yes, he is a Marginated
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    He’s a Marginated tortoise, and it’s an organic topsoil with 0 additives. I did copious amounts of research on it to be 100% sure and spoke with other tortoise users that had been using it for years
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    I was recommended topsoil by numerous people, I had never used it before or even considered it because it’s messy. I didn’t think it would even get so dusty. I immediately hated it when I added it because it seemed too soft for him to even walk in and I noticed right away he was sniffing it as...
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    He’s in a closed enclosure, it’s a table with both wood folding doors on top as well as plexiglass. I had it built this way to hold humidity since he was a sickly hatchling and to keep my cats out. I have reptibark on the way from Toronto, I already asked my parents to pick it up. Chewy...
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    HELP! INFECTION!

    I need some suggestions until I can get to a vet. My tortoise has an obvious respiratory infection (wheezing & running nose with occasional bubbles) He is 3 years old. When I got him as a hatchling in 2020 he had reoccurring respiratory infections which I treated with antibiotic injections...
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    Loud Breather

    I wouldn’t call this a whistle, it’s more of a sniff and a puff lol
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    Loud Breather

    Marginated
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    Loud Breather

    Does anyone else have a loud breather? I’ve noticed lately that my tortoise sounds like a hound dog sniffing. Sometimes it’s when he’s sniffing things in his enclosure, but other times he’s just relaxing and I can still hear him. It doesn’t sound laboured and his nose is clear. He also...
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