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    My tortoises shell doesn’t look right

    okay I’m going to wait for someone with a bit more experience to tell me what I can do
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    My tortoises shell doesn’t look right

    By the way I use zoomed uvb tunes and a ceramic heat emitter. About putting the lid on, doesnt this make it too humid for them?
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    My tortoises shell doesn’t look right

    okay thank you for the info
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    My tortoises shell doesn’t look right

    I’ve had my tortoises for a few months now, they’re about a year old. They get fed plenty and always have their food coated in calcium, they also have good lighting. One of them is completely fine and nothing looks wrong with him however my other one who I’ll attach a picture of gets the same...
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    My tortoises are overweight

    Oh okay this makes much more sense now I think of it that way, thanks for the information.
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    My tortoises are overweight

    Yeah I’ve been reading on it a lot today, they’re only 11 months currently so aren’t mature enough to start bullying but we’re making sure we’re prepared for when they are mature and start bullying each other, do you have any idea what age that is? Mediterranean spur thigh
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    My tortoises are overweight

    I have been feeding them on kale and rocket but found out kale should not be used as a staple food so from today we’re feeding them some freshly picked weeds etc until he’s burned off some of that weight haha
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    My tortoises are overweight

    They are not housed separately, this is because from birth they’ve been housed together and we’ve never had a problem with them being together. They eat together sleep together and they never have any problems. About the ratio that’s fine I was just going with what I knew as I’m new to this.I’m...
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    My tortoises are overweight

    I’ve had 2 tortoises for just over a month and like a lot of people I wanted to make sure they were eating enough but now I’ve realised they’re overweight. They’re both around 11 months old, I used the Jackson ratio and found one to be 0.239 (6.7cm) and the other one is 0.256 (6.2cm). Because...
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