Recent content by plutoparty

Lol I have not been flashed yet, just had multiple people saying he was male! I guess I WILL know for sure when that happens....but I have to say I am not looking forward to getting flashed :)

Thanks so much for everyones responses! A consensus has definitely been reached :)

Hank was originally found as a stray and brought into my local animal shelter, which is where I adopted him from. The vets think it's previous predator bite damage :( with a possible mix of poor husbandry and bad diet. I made a previous post when I adopted him -- the good news is that the health...

Hi, Just got back from a vet visit for my newly adopted tortoise. This vet is convinced that "Hank" is female.... but the vet at the animal shelter that I adopted from thought it was a mature male tort. If Hank is female, the vet thinks they would be fairly young, around 5 years old, since...

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it! I'll try to provide updates on him (or her :)) as more healing and growth happens! I'll see what the vet has to say about age/sex, and anything else health-wise...I am going to a pretty experienced one in my area.

Thank you, I will try to up the humidity in his enclosure and keep up the soaking. Hopefully he continues healing up! I didn't really expect to get a tortoise like this, but once I saw him in the shelter I knew I needed to take him home.

Hi, I just recently adopted a male Russian tortoise from my local animal shelter, but he previously had a very rough life. It seems like at some point something tried eating him (?) and the lower right part of his shell is completely missing. He was found as a stray in someone's yard and was...