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Indoor enclosure is 6ftx3ft wide, 4ft tall. He roams our backyard when we take them outside, and we have the hide in the shade of our house, along with accessible water. Thank you for the diet recommendations. I’ll look into those asap. We are currently using a 65w flood light for the basking...

We had a cuttlebone in there, and he hasn’t touched it. We haven’t given him any other supplement to the normal diet. That contributes to urates? He has recently had a bunch of new growth.

Noted. Sorry for the confusion.

No, we bought a ‘female’ and then were told it was a male, so we struggle with the pronoun still. They/them’d them. They are single, and live alone. I just posted in the Health sub.

Hi all - We have a 7-8 year old Leo named Pepperoni. Believe it to be a boy. About a week ago, I noticed him not eating. Diet is typically dandelion greens, romaine, bok choy, and Timothy hay. The humidity in the enclosure was low, and we had not soaked in a negligible amount of time. No...

They are 7-8. They’re really a good eater typically, but we’ve had a few days of not eating recently, and we haven’t seen them open their mouth in a few days. Now we are seeing urates… we were not soaking as often as we should. I really hope we can turn it around. Been soaking them 2x daily...

Hi all — any concerns regarding the length of our Peb’s beak? We have never trimmed it, and feed them on stone slate, but my husband is worried it’s getting too long

Hi all — looking for some reassurances that this is the normal kind of urates? We have never observed them from our tort before and are now seeing them in most soaks. What causes urates? When are they problematic?

Hi all — did anyone ever try and succeed with this? I’ve used them in my houseplants and haven’t had any gnats in a long time. Starting to see them in my enclosure now and was thinking about using some in there.

Hi all! I hope 2022 is treating you well! I’m happy to report that Pepperoni (or Eliza) is officially thriving. Thanks again for all the help almost three years ago! Anyways! I think they’re big / old enough to determine sex, and I was hoping for some help, as my fiancé and I aren’t 100%...

Are you soaking her regularly? When ours wasn't eating, we did a few things, soaking them for long periods of time - we kept the tub on a heating pad, and changed the water with warm frequently. We'd leave them in their up to an hour or so -- letting them walk around in the water and build up...

Hiii -- I was wondering how your tort was doing, and if they started eating? I know when ours was fairly picky we grated up yellow squash on their food every other day or so and it really helped increase their appetite. Did you reach out to the person you got them from to see what they'd had...

The other morning I went to mist Pepperoni’s enclosure and noticed this white fuzzy-webby like stuff in a few places. It is not visible when dry, looks cleared up until misted. Is this some sort of spider issue? Mold? We just added some new substrate… we rinsed it, but now I’m kicking myself for...

I think I love her! It was so fun watching her grow up. Does she get to stay outside all day, or do you have an inside enclosure/area for Cupcake when it gets cool? I ask because we are looking to build an indoor space for winter, and I’d love to know about your setup!

Hii -- Just checking in -- How are they doing?