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My golden greek tortoise hasn't been acting right the last few days. My vet cant see him til Thursday. Im hoping maybe someone here can give me some advice til then. He is in natural sunlight for about 7 hours a day since the temps have reached high 80's. His diet is well rounded with green...

I have 3 box turtles and lately the one has been biting the leg of the other turtle. I separated her and she seemed to be depressed. I had put her back and they were fine for about 3 days. Then after the 3 days she started biting again. They are all females. They have all been together for 4...

I had my tort in her daily soak. About an hour later while walking around she threw up water. It was bubbly and clear. I don't think its an RI because she's not whistling or anything else related. Do you think she just drank too much too fast?

Someone left him at Petco. Any idea what kind? I was thinking greek.

I just received 2 russians from a terrible home. I only have experience with red foots. That being said the nails are overgrown to the point where the veins grew with it. Therefore if I cut them they will bleed. Will walking on rocky surface fix this or is there anything I can do? The female...

The girl from petco called me because someone had dropped off a box turtle and it was in terrible shape. He couldn't even see, I had soaked him and pulled two weird things out of his eye and got him to be able to see again. He doesn't even fill up his whole shell. He is beyond malnutrition...

Should I be worried about her starting to pyramid?

My redfoots love turning their water bowl into mud. But then they don't have clean water to drink. They get soaked everyday where they drink as well. Any tips on keeping a clean water bowl? I use coconut substrate that's why they track it into their bowl.

Is it normal for my female redfoot to eat a lot more then my male? The male still eats a normal amount but I realized my female eats a lot more.

So i received a rescue from a girl who works at petco. She asked me to take him in, I know he is a box turtle I was just wondering which type of box turtle. Any ideas? I know he is male since he has the red eyes. He is mostly a whitish/yelllow in color and has black around his mouth that looks...

I received two box turtles from the girl at petco. Random people had brought them to her from the wild. She has had the male for about 6-7 months and the female for about 1 month. She didn't have the space so i took them from her since i knew more about them then she did. The male seems to...

So it was protein day and i had given my two red foots chicken. I have done this several times and they seem to always enjoy it, finishing every last bite. A few hours later as T-swift(tortoise swift) was getting out of her bath she threw up water and 3 small pieces of chicken. I soaked her...

I have two red foots and they have shared the same enclosure for about 2 years. They get a long great and I have never had a problem with them. They started off around the same size but now one is a little bigger. Im guessing this is one is the male. Lately he has been getting aggressive in...

So about 2 years ago I had taken a box turtle off of my co-workers sister. She was in an accident a little while back which made her bad with short term memory. She wouldn't always remember to feed the turtle, therefore she gave her to me. She has a lot of personality and is doing great so...

Ive asked before and people said they had to be bigger to guess sex. They got a little bigger now so im asking again to see. The one with the piece of paper with a T on it is TortoiseSwift without the paper is jethra so please any input will help!

please help i have no idea what this is and what i can do to fix it... shes a red foot tortoise if thats any help! [hr] my other red foot is on the same diet same tank and all but doesnt have it

My two red foots, just recently got the one still thinking of a name.....The other one is Jethra

Hey guys i got a new red foot tortoise and i was wondering if it was male or female i believe male but i would like more opinions before choosing a name anything helps thanks!

I have a red foot tortoise and I love turtles and tortoises. This girl at work told me her sister had a box turtle that she just cant take care of, so i decided to adopt it. I only really know about my tropical tortoise so any tips on environment for it and food?

My red foot girl tortoise is making a weird clicking noise and idk what it is ...can anyone help? its almost like a squeal more then a click the big ones make her head go in like its a sneeze [hr] Okay so she just made a really loud noise and seems to have vomited sticky bubbles of some sort...