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Hello The tortoise is still not mine but I've taken some pictures (sorry for the bad quality I have not better pictures). What do you think ? Pyramiding is worse il real life than in this pictures https://www.noelshack.com/2019-05-1-1548691247-20190127-010756.jpg...

Thank you for your advice. Yvonne G we definitetively can't put them together yet even if we buy the new one because our tortoises hibernate and we also need to quarantine the new one any way to make sure she/he is not sick. If the new one is not sick then we could think about it in Spring...

Hello Does anyone have males living in the same enclosure or the same outdoor space or does everybody separate males from males and from females ? We can not know if our tortoises are males or females or 1 male and 1 female (they are 3.5 years) and somebody told us that it was a bad idea to buy...

Thank you. :) We have already two boettgeri since 3 years. They are fine and we have everything they need. Their shell is smooth. We are thinking about buying the tortoise I speak about in this topic. We know sadly that she/he is not fine at the pet center. :( I have a few questions but maybe...

Hello, Bubbles from nose sounds like rhinitis to me but if the tortoise eats it is a good sign. Have the tortoise seen a vet ? What kind of tortoise is it ?

Here we call it eurotestudo boettgeri. Maybe when they are kept too dry the extra scutes tortoises pyramid faster than others ? I see that in that pet center. :/ I'm thinking to buy this tortoise to improve her/his living conditions.

I have no pictures yet because she/he is not mine. I think she/is kept in bad conditions because she/he is in a pet center in a small terrarium with shavings and eating salad and "dry tortoise food" instead of what she/is needs. But she/he is unfortunately not the only tortoise there and she/he...

Hello I know a tortoise who is less than 1 year old and have two extra scutes between nuchal and costal scutes (I think). She/he is already pyramiding. These extra scutes are not smooth at all. I have read many sites telling that there is no scientific evidence that extra scutes could cause...

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Hello I know a lot of people in France that could give you good advice about sulcata (some of them have sulcata themselves). If you want I can tell you where you can find them. For the tortoise that doesn't eat... I advice you to find a good vet it is better to be sure the tortoise is fine.

Hello This is horrible. I am in a fb group about tortoises and I have seen many pictures of tortoises eaten by rats. They are really dangerous for tortoises but not only rats also others predators like dogs (I have seen many pictures of "accidents"even by a "nice dog" a dog keeps his instinct...

Thank you for replying. I have also seen this video about the desert tortoise and I was surprised. I have seen a video about a graeca sinking and other videos about THH or THB swimming. The man I spoke with (the one with the little swimming pool for his tortoise) told me that if tortoises go...

Hello I've seen here videos of tortoises swimming. I didn't know tortoises can swim. I've speak to a man who made a little "swimming pool" for his hermann tortoise. He also told me that boettgeri can swim as well . I have 2 boettgeri (3 years old). This year it is too late because they will...

Hello I'll start with the beginning. When my mother was pregnant with me the doctors told my parents I had trisomy 13 and would not be able to survive (they did an amniocentesis and I had a high probability of having this desease). It was my mother's first pregnancy and my parents were afraid...

Thanks some people in real life are not open to speak about it and I admit I am not used to tell this stories because of it. I will write it tomorrow. Are we all catholic here ? lol Speaking about religion....Most of my family live in Portugal, there religion is very important. There is a site...

Hello I like this topic. It's scary but interesting. I have some "ghosts" stories in my family. Plus, when I was just a little girl I was able to see some of this things but then I just freak out /forget it and since then I can feel some things in some places but I do not see anything. I...

Hello I agree with the replies below. This could be dominance then you have to keep them apart. But also you need at least three females for one male if you want them to be together for reproduction. If you have only one female for one male, the male will harasse the female.

I agree. I think tortoises should live in conditions most similar to their natural environment but infortunately I see many tortoises pyramiding when they live in a terrarium, do not hibernate etc. In their natural environment, wild tortoises are not pyramiding. Mine are smooth and I think it is...

I think humidity is also important. My tortoises hibernate in a hibernation chamber in the garage. I have a hygrometer and I don't let the humidity go down. My tortoises don't live in a terrarium but people I know that have a terrarium have also a hygrometer and their tortoises are still...

Hello :) my tortoises are not pyramiding, their shell is smooth but the picture was taken with my phone with sun and shadows lol It is "funny" because in french when a tortoise is pyramiding we call it "tobleronnée" like the chocolate Toblerone ! it is cool for sign language. They freeze below...