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I've seen people train other reptiles to do simple tricks like raise their leg to "shake" for a food reward, and it seems to be possible via normal reward training you'd give to mammals/birds. Tortoises are supposed to be among the smartest reptiles so I imagine it is possible with them too. I...

Honestly I'd keep them in there. Babies will go for the smaller nasties that can build up as it's all they are able to eat. Will probably keep the enclosure cleaner overall. They won't hurt your tortoise at all, they're too quick to really be eaten, and the couple it might nab will do no harm...

Start growing veg or something. It makes a great fertalizer.

Pretty much, yeah. I had to adapt a table by covering and insulating it to get the humidity levels, but the temps, UV and heat are all within what Tom's guide says and he gets daily baths anything up to an hour. He did have that "hump" on the front plate when I first got him, so maybe it was...

It's between 70 and 80. Goes up to the 90's at night.

I have had my Sulcata for about 6 months, and although I don't know when exactly he was born, I estimate he's about a year old. I know Pyramiding is a thing if their environment isn't suitable (I think it is, based on guides I've followed on here), but I was wondering is his shell looking...

I've kept mine through its baby phase in a large table, and can confirm keeping humidity high is challenging, but not impossible. I just covered most the top with clingfilm with some opening for airflow to keep it in more, and used a humidity controller/mister to keep it at the desired amount...

You're care seems very similar to mine (though my cool side is more like 27) so I hope so lol.

I was giving my tortoise a bath and I noticed near his leg there is a notch thing that I never noticed before (It might have been always there that isn't on the other side). I was just wondering is this common or is it a sign of something bad happening with growth? Here is his whole shell:

It makes great fertilizer. Add it to some dirt and grow some veg.

Mine is about 7-8 months old, 57g, I keep him somewhere between 70-85% humidity, and temps between 25 and 35c (Usually the latter on the warm end of the enclosure with the basking spot allowing higher). This is the case whether indoors or outdoors and he seems to be comfortable and healthy in...

I think mine believes he's a spider or something. He will spend most of the day carefully walking vertically on the walls. Not sure how he does it without flipping over lol

Thanks for this. I've had my baby for 3 weeks, and was getting concerned. He's really avoiding eating the grass I give him over weeds/other leaves as much as he can. His poop is starting to lose consistency which was getting concerning. I'll try to be persistent and maybe reduce the leaves a...