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    should parents allow kids and teens to get tortoises?

    I'm 13 and I've own a tortoise for nearly a year. Before I got her I spent about 7 months doing research and she's doing really well.
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    may I just add your tortoise's are adorable! :tort:
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    I use to have coco soil as my substrate but i changed it because my tortoise use to get it in her eyes and i thought it might damage them. thanks for the photos and advice, its really helpful :). I might use coco soil from now on.
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    I'm using orchid bark as my substrate
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    sorry I took along time to reply, I've been on holiday and I haven't been able to take a picture of my tortoises cage. I constantly keep spraying the cage and I'm just about managing to get 50% humidity. I still cant get the cage at a constant 90%, so I'm going to order a humidifier within the...
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    I bathe her about 3 times a week, I always make sure she's hydrated.
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    yeah, 350 grams sounds more like it... :oops: :D I provide her with lots of hanging vines and leaves which she digs under, but I could probably do with more. thanks :)
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    Thanks for the reply, that kind of sounds like what my red foot dose, so that reassures me : )
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    . I don't have proper reptile scales so I brought some kitchen scales and that's the measurement that showed. can I use kitchen scales to measure her?
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    We'll If mean "DIG" as she sits in the substrate and kicks her back legs to make a shallow pit and she then kicks all the substrate on top of her so you can't see her then I guess she "DIGS".so no she doesn't burrow. I also don't have a box for her to hide in, but I do have a log she sits under...
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    my torts weight and burrowing behaviour?

    hi, so I thought would start weighing my red foot who is about 2 maybe 3. I weighed her today and she is 350 kg, is this a normal weight for a 2-3 yr old tort? also I know red foots aren't a species that usually burrow themselves or dig, but my red foot does. she's been doing this since I've had...
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