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A person wants to sell me a female Burmese star which is 4.5 inches long now. Can a Burmese star in this size confirm the gender?or it is still too small and those gender symptoms may change when it grows larger?

Anyone sells spider tortoise or know spider tortoise breeder? Thanks a lot!

He/she is almost 30 cms (11-12 inches). Can we tell the gender now? Thanks a lot!

I found something for you recently. Don’t use a fog humidifier to add humidity. The problem is the fog humidifier will mist not only the water but everything in the water including bacterial, virus and minerals. Those things will cause lung problems if it is breathed by your tortoise. If you...

I feel Sulcata is very hard to handle and challenge if you need to keep him inside. He needs large space and he will damage any barriers or walls you set for him. One of my friends has a large yard and he build a small house on the yard for his Sulcata. But the wall of the house is always...

How can this cloth or cover stop Sulcata’s escaping thought? I bought a green house for my Sulcata and the cover is made by soft plastic cloth. He broke the cover and went out

Fire ants will be a problem which is toxic and may bite your tortoise. Regular little black ants look ok. It may bother your tortoise and make him uncomfortable if there are too many in your tortoise's body, But small amount of little black ants should be ok. If you put your tortoise outdoor, it...

Bought an adult Russian tortoise recently and she never eats anything in my place including the greens loved by my other tortoise. It is more than 1 week from I got her. I keep her separate with other Russians in a enclosure with good temperature(85-95F) and humidity( more than 50%) and soak...

The female has gone. Too late

6+ inches. The one has been demonstrated to be able to breed is preferred

If the tortoise has runny nose or it is hard to breath by nose (it may open his month to breath very often) or it has some saliva remains around its month, there may be a problem with its respiratory system. Otherwise I am not worried about it too much. But continue to do a close observation

I usually buy it from some Asian grocery store. I don’t know what brand it is. Usually 1 dollar per pound in a Chinese supermarket or 1.5 dollar per pound in the H-mart which is the Korean chain supermarket in the USA. My tortoise like it very much

Ok. Got it. I though captive bred animals will usually be healthier than the wild animals since there is someone taking care of them. I know many wild tortoises have the parasitic disease. I also read some data from online that captive bred animals usually live longer than wild animals

Is desert tortoise a native species in CA? Why don’t we just release it to the wild if we cannot keep it

About 22cms (8-9 inches) long. Thanks a lot!

It looks Berry is a male?

Like Russian, Herman or Greek females. No matter it is originally CB (hatched by a breeder) or WC(from pet store like petco or petsmart). I recently get a large enclosure and would like to adopt a small size tortoise like the listed above. I am in the greater Seattle area in Washington state...

tortoise can be enrolled in medicare?

What’s the gender?

My one year old Sulcata is already 11cms in belly shell. Much larger than this one