Recent content by Manish MAthew

thankyou for your suggestions... well yes I do keep it outside in direct sunlight for an hour.. But recently from last 4 days i was little busy so i didnt kept them out for long time.. No.. there is no UV source inside enclosure but I had provided a heating bulb inside it. As for now here it is...

Recently my baby star tortoise is not active very much. All the time he shows laziness unlike earlier he used to walk around a lot. and I recently noted that he is not even walking in right way. I meant while walking he dragging his back legs.. I saw for any injury but I didn't found any. I look...

hey people i need some suggestions. Recently my baby star tortoise is not active very much. All the time he shows laziness unlike earlier he used to walk around a lot. and I recently noted that he is not even walking in right way. I meant while walking he dragging his back legs.. I saw for any...

@Yvonne G Thats cucumber in that.. Yes I am making a new one but its not of wood instead its of glass.. Till now I had just made a little bit and now I have to do some changes in that... here i am sending the my new enclosure.. Its not complete yet but soon I will do that..

These are my two baby star tortoise and I named them Jelly & Belly.. Its been 2 weeks since I bought them. Seriously to have a tortoise especially baby is very responsible job. We have to take care of them a lot. The biggest prblm is that we don't have any vets for them so we have to only take...

@JoesMum Thank you:)

@JoesMum @Grandpa Turtle 144 Is cuttle fish bone comes different for different animals. Actually we don't have any particular reptile shop I saw the cuttle fish bone in Amazon.com and it was for birds.. So can I use that one..?? or is it necessary to buy a bone especially made for reptiles..??

totally agree with you bro..!!! This is true I have seen tortoise in the zoo & they live in extremely harsh conditions. The zookeepers don't even see whether there is a baby or the big one.. They do same things for all. I feel very bad especially for the little ones.. Bro you are doing a great...

@JoesMum hey thanks a lot..

Is Cuttle Fish bone is good for tortoise..?? I have a star tortoise.?? I feed him carrots, cabbage, cucumber and some leaves of rose and also on weekends i feed him tomatoes and apple. Should I go for cuttle fish..?? Because in India we won't get any calcium supplements.. So it will be great...

Hey @Yvonne G I want to ask that I use only Coco coir for the substrate.. Should I use any mixture or keep it as it is..?? Because my tortoise also rubs his eyes a lot of time.

Hey can You send me the picture of your tortoise.. and the enclosure

HAppy birthday dear.. God may bless you..

He is dead now.. My sister looked at it in the morning and she found it dead. Last night his head was inside but today morning his head was out and his body had swollen. Also she found blood in its enclosure where it was kept..:(:(