Recent content by ellawelly

absolutely nothing! The only thing that differentiates her from a newborn is the failed attempts at growth rings on her shell (see pictures), but she's got no bigger at all

That may be the case. What doesn't quite follow is that we treat them all exactly the same so there would be no reason why only one would be experiencing problems. Also we feed them plenty of water-rich foods like succulents and they always have various water bowls in their enclosure. I'll...

We soak them about once every two weeks throughout their life. They live in a fairly large vivarium under a heat and UV lamp and go outside when it's warm enough. When they grow large enough they live outside full time. We don't feed them tomato that often despite the picture- more commonly are...

We're very conscious of bullying, so we did split her up for a few months but there was still no change in growth. Now she sometimes joins the others but we make sure to take her aside and feed her to make sure she's ok... so I don't think it's that. Dwarfism is an option but I've looked...

This is just out of pure curiosity because we've never encountered anyone with a similar case. We breed hermann tortoises, usually having a batch of about 5-7 each year. However, one of our 5 year old tortoises has never grown or put on even a bit of weight. She is exactly the same size as when...