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    Baby Sulcata Tortoise not gaining weight

    The humidity is 75%. Day temps on the cool side sit at 82 degrees, night temps 80. Warm side is 94, and basking is 97. She has been eating clovers, strawberry plant leaves, and the leaves of those purple flowers that seem to grow everywhere. We got her from the tortoise supply website. She has a...
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    Baby Sulcata Tortoise not gaining weight

    I have a 10 month old Sulcata Tortoise that is not gaining weight. I have been weighing her weekly and she's gone from 4.9 oz when I got her in February to 3.65 today. I have been taking her outside to eat daily, and staying out there with her until she starts settling in for a nap, which is...
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    Looking for a good home for my two sulcatas in Arizona

    Hey, I recently got a hatchling sulcata to add to the family, but it died to "hatchling failure syndrome." I would love to bring these two in since I have an enclosure set up already. The smallest should fit in the enclosure I set up for the hatchling, and the bigger one would fit in my larger...
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    Possible Box Turtle Leg Injury.

    Thank you both for your advice. I took her to the vet and learned it's something like frozen shoulder. The vet gave us pain meds to put in her food. I'm glad it didn't turn out to be a broken leg.
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    Possible Box Turtle Leg Injury.

    Hello, I could use some help. My Eastern Box Turtle, Turbo, appears to have a leg injury, but I'm not sure. I noticed that she keeps her right front leg laying mostly limp with her foot facing up at all times. When she is walking she also keeps her leg like this, using the top of her foot like...
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