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Her house is 95 on the hot side and 70 on the cool side. When i bathe her i let her roam the living room to get more exercize, when she goes under the couch i know it's time for her to go back into her enclosure. She has had growth lines before that were light yellow. If i rub he shell lightly...

She had growth lines before but they were light yellow.

I have had Poe for 5 years now....I don't know why she has this white line on her shell. Her humidity is 40%. she does crawl under the couch so could it be from that? any adivece would be appreciatted it's the fisrt time i have seen this white residue on her schutes.

Hello all. I have a Hermanns tortoise, she's about 9 and I've had her almost 4 years. She hasn't been eating the past 4 days, and I'm getting worried. She always ate before, she gets soaks every other day, and her temp and humidity are in the recommended range. Any ideas on why she would stop...

Hello everyone. I was wondering if this is normal for her shell to be dipping down like that? I have seen pyramiding and this looks like the opposite. The area by her head is the only area where I really see this happening. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it...

So the top near the head of the shell to the bottom is 7 3/4". oh so maybe I am measuring wrong. I haven't measured against the wall, I have used a fabric tape measure to measure her from top to bottom. Thank you I will do that

So my hermans tortoise Poe acts fine, she eats most of her food, greens, and some small Mazuri pellets. She walks around her enclosure and makes a huge mess, her eyes are clear and she is really responsive. She weighs 741g and is 7 3/4in top to bottom and side to side. I put the information in...

The problem with pipe is it’s hollow and I can’t screw it to the bottom of the second level. I have some and I’ve been trying to attach different thing to it so I can screw into it but nothing sticks. I did epoxy and that even broke apart. So fire hardened wood is where you burn the wood until...

Hello everyone. So I’m having an issue with legs in my tortoise table that keeps the second level up. Can I use fire hardened wood? From my understanding fire hardened wood won’t grow mold but I was unsure if it was ok for a hermanns tortoise. I was going to use plastic but can’t find solid...

I do live in Oneonta NY, I got my tortoise last October from Petco and then realized I should have gotten one from a breeder instead, but something about that tort at the pet store made me want that one. I do not recognize the name but maybe I will look him up and reach out to see what he says...

When i originally scraped it nothing happened but today I decided to try again and it started to bleed, poor Poe. It didn't bleed a lot just a little

I tried scraping it and nothing came off so I focused more on the tail. but I decided to try scraping it today and she bled a little bit which made me feel bad. So not I will focus on that area too along with the same on the other side since it looks the same. I originally thought it was shell...

Thanks, I wonder when I will see growth back, I also don't know how long I should keep this process going, the vet never called me back

Here’s an update. Do you think it is healing how it’s suppose to? This is after 5 uses of athletes foot cream. And I’ve scraped there 3 times.

Oh I see, when I bathed her it wasn't there. When I scrape near her tail again the white stuff what it's supposed to look like? Thank you for all your help I super appreciate it!