I am at a loss for what to use to cover the floor of our winter adult redfoot enclosure. It’s in our basement. Walls are lumber, and the floor is the concrete basement floor. We have used cardboard and cypress mulch in the past, but it didn’t work well. Right now it seems like the best option...
Every specimen has his or her own demeanor, and keepers have different opinions about the personalities of each species. However, in my admittedly limited experience, it seems like there are a few broad tortoise personality types. If I were to categorize them, I would probably split the...
It seems like the consensus is that only a small percentage of captive-bred animals ever cross international borders to be reintroduced to the wild. On the other hand, the availability of captive bred specimens might relieve some of the pressure to collect wild specimens. So far, I have adopted...
I recently noticed an area on my Russian tortoise’s carapace / bridge that is missing part of the outermost layer. I am keeping it off substrate and keeping it clean and treated (no odor detected so far), but I would like your thoughts on whether it’s the result of a recent injury, infection, or...