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Thankyou so much everybody for your support and kind words. Magni passed away tonight. The vet said it was failure to thrive w/ possible infection. Thanks again guys we, appreciated the support.

Mom here. Exotics Vet said we can do antibiotics and liquid calcium. Looked at the setup and said everything else looked good. Was afraid to do the blood work because so small and so soft, but is hopeful. Any tips on how to open their mouths for oral injection? Thank you all for your kindness, I...

For temp control, we have device that connects to the heat lamp and turns it off when it gets too hot. We set it to 100 deg for the hottest part of the hot end during the day (our breeder told us that was fine). And the heat lamp is a little higher than the top of the terrarium.

Hi there, Dad here, thank you so much for your kind words. Here's some clarification: The glass terrarium is only 8" high with air holes at the bottom, right above the substrate. So it is short but very wide, with an open top. The breeder (Tyler from Tortoise supply) had approved, so we thought...

Hi new Tort Mom & Dad here! We have had Magni for about 4 months (he/she was a Chrostmas baby). For the first few months he has been pretty good with a few adjustments to heat, use of the hide etc. all things the breeder said were within normal range. He would eat about every 2-3 days, drink...

Ok that clears stuff up. Thanks. We do have a cuttlebone in there and he took a bit of it the other day. Also, he finally ate today! We got our shipment of Mazuri pellets and the TortoiseSupply.com herbal hay in today and we soaked and mix it all and he started eating it! He really went for the...

Hey there, we just received our first hermann's tort this last Saturday and he is a little active and sleeping/burrowing a lot but he is not eating much at all. We are offering him collard greens, ridiccio, baby kale, and chard. He's taken some small bites of a succulent in his terrarium (they...

Thanks everybody, I appreciate it!

good info thankyou

Hi there, my wife and I (after much research and preparation) are getting our 1st tort this January and are deciding which species to get. It's come down to either a Hermann's or a Cherry Head. We live in a cool but very humid environment here in N. Cal and are confident we can provide whatever...