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Hello tortoise forum! Long time no see. Recently I was giving my Tort a soak, but then she started opening her mouth and heavily breathing. Then she proceeding to yawn and make a sound similar to steam being released, I don’t know how to describe this. Is this something I should worry about?

I recently got a mini greenhouse for my tortoise to have proper temps, and humidity. However something dawned on me as i got the greenhouse. How am i going to make sure all the electrical things can run due to the greenhouse obscuring the outlet? I really wanna get this greenhouse set up, so any...

My redfoot tortoise has been with me for some time now, around 7-8 years. She's quite big and 9inches long and still growing. However, while I was reading some care sheets(not ones previously provided to me here), it said they should grow up to 14inches long. Which is fine. But it said at 10...

I got the correct bulb, a 5.0 tube bulb. However i discovered it doesn't cover much ground in the enclosure(2 feet out of 24 in the area). I've tried adjusting the fixture so it's higher up, however it always falls. Should i leave it as is, or adjust it. If adjusting it, how?

My tortoise’s enclosure enclosure is 6ft long and around 4 feet wide. It’s pretty spacious so I’ve been having trouble lighting it. I managed to get one UVB bulb and a UVA one for some basic ambient heat(she already has a CHE for basking. Is this good enough?

I feed her 3 days with dandelion greens or any other leafy green, and one day with fruits and one that’s mixed with both. The rest of the week I don’t feed him. I’ve been trying to acquire a repti vitamin supplement for her but she is VERY picky, any recommendations?

Snappy has been with me for quite awhile, 8 years now. But she has some health issues most notably being pyramiding that makes her look like a pancake tortoise, I would appreciate if someone told me how to fix this and make it so that she can be a regular tortoise. Nonetheless she’s full of...