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My hingeback appears to have a tear/cut near his jaw. It’s also affecting how he eats. I’m going to take him to the vet as soon as I can so it doesn’t get infected but I wanted to get your opinion.

My Speke’s hinge-back tort doesn’t get protein. He eats leafy greens such as collard greens, mustard greens, kale, romaine lettuce and carrots. There isn’t much info out there about Spekii hinge-backs. I don’t want to get him some food that other tortoises can eat that he can’t. Are there a...

My tortoise Mack hasn’t pooped in several days. He’s a Speke’s Hingeback. I don’t track his bowel movements (although I definitely should and will here on out), but I know he hasn’t gone in a while since I clean out his poo. Five days ago I have him a bath but he didn’t poop like he usually...

My Speke’s hinge-back tortoise eats every morning, and I wake up every day to find him out of his hide and ready to eat. Yesterday, he wasn’t out like usual. I still put his food in his trey and I think he ate about half of it, which is unusual. Today he’s hiding again. I know low appetite can...

I have a Speke’s Hinge back Tortoise. I got him a few months ago. He poops every couple days but it smells really bad. Maybe a change in diet can stop the smell? He usually poops in his water bowl/trey because he likes to sit and soak in it. I clean out the trey immediately after every poop...

I have a Speke’s Hinge back Tortoise (I’ve only had him for a month). I’m trying to give him a wider variety of foods. I got a list of foods safe for him when I got him. Anyways, for the first few weeks his diet was mostly kale, carrots and occasionally squash or sweet potato for a treat. This...

My tortoise Mack, a Speke’s Hinge back Tortoise (who I just got a week ago), has a terrarium with a thermometer (which I’m actually replacing with a better one thanks to Tortoise Forum), a water bowl which I may also replace, a food bowl and a hide. It also has a heating pad and UV/heat lamp for...

My Speke’s Hinge back Tortoise, Mack, usually blinks every once in a while. I just gave him his first bath a few hours ago. Now, he’s closing his eyes for 10-30 seconds at a time and does this every minutes or two. I’ve seen this somewhere online before but for tortoises in general. What should...

I’m new. I have a Speke’s Hinge Back Tortoise originally from Mozambique, his name is Baby Mack, although he’s actually not a baby. Anyways, I’ve done lots of research on the proper care of Hinge backs, but is there anything in specific I should know that only applies to Speke’s? Any advice or...