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Hi Dr. Zovickian. Thank you again for the referrals that you provided. I am currently talking to Dr. Wilson about the repair. He said he could try and repair it under anesthesia with some mesh and epoxy. He also mentioned that this type of fractures are very hard to stabilize and success is not...

Thanks a lot! What is your name, so that I tell the doc who referred me.

Hello. Did you figure out a way to stabilize the beak? My tortoise has the same thing now and I am in the same boat, thinking day and night how to fix the crack, how to immobilize the tortoise while doing it, etc. Please help me with advice and experience. My phone is 720-891-6090. Thank you.

Hi Yvonne. Thank you so much for your reply. Could you please be more specific about the beak stabilization steps? Do I first put a dab of super glue, then a small piece of tape, and then another dab of super glue on the edges of the tape? Or does the tape go directly on the crack and superglue...

Hello. I have noticed this beak crack on our soon to be 3 year old eastern Herman’s tortoise. I don’t know how it happened, there was no known trauma. He seems to be acting normal, active, exploring, eating great. Can anyone please tell me what could have caused it? He is very curious and likes...

Hi Cathie. Thanks! I have an eastern Hermann’s tortoise. Where we live in GA we have a ton of this weed growing in the woods and parks nearby. So much, that I have a hard time finding native plants like dandelions or plantain.

I checked the tortoise table and it is not there. Here is a picture of Japanese stiltgrass

Hello. Do you know if Japanese stiltgrass is safe to feed to a Hermann’s tortoise? Thanks.

Thanks, Rosemary. You made me feel better about it. I will try searching for plants I can’t find on tortoise table here on this forum. I am totally new to all this. It hasn’t even been a month since we adopted our Hermann. How old is your Russian tortoise? Does she live outside? Do you allow...

Thanks, Michael

Thanks, Rosemary! Our tortoise actually found this weed in our backyard and he tried it and really liked it, but I had to stop him because I wasn’t sure about the safety. I wish there was something like the tortoise table specifically for North America. So many weeds that grow here that I am not...

Hello! Does anybody know if mulberry weed, also known as crabweed, Latin name is Fatoua Villosa ( this plant is different from mulberry tree ) is safe to feed to a Hermann’s tortoise? We have a ton of this weed all over the place in the state of Georgia. I can’t find it on the tortoise table.