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My baby tortoise has not had a bowel movement in almost a week. I’ve been soaking her in warm water multiple times a day. Her cloaca has been swollen so I’ve been doing multiple check ups a day on it. After her last soak I looked at her cloaca and saw this slimy thing hanging off / out of it, so...

Was shopping at Target yesterday and found this stoneware plate in their home good section! The texture on both sides is very similar to what a duller nail file feels like, which sealed the deal for me. I also like that I don’t need to worry about her food and water being in 2 separate dishes...

Right on! Do you have any photos of your set ups that you could attatch?

Hey @Tom, have you ever had any issues with mold growth in your enclosures due to the enclosed warm humid environment? I haven’t experienced it yet due to my enclosure not being able to hold humidity well enough, but I’m just trying to stay a step ahead for when I change the set up to a closed...

Thank you so much that care sheet is super helpful!! I’ll make some adjustment to her set up (: I really appreciate it.

I definitely haven’t been spraying it to the extent of being able to squeeze water out of it. Is there a certain percentage you try to keep yours at? Or are you just going off of squeezing it? I’ve just been leery of keeping it super moist from what I’ve read about respiratory...

Hello all! I have my 7 month old Russian Tort Aughra in a 40 gal breeder tank. Her substrate is coco coir mixed with a little Repti-bark, she has a basking spot of 95° and the enclosure temp ranges to 72° on the opposite side. 10.0 UVB that’s the length of the enclosure, and 2 pots half buried...