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I was reading some posts on here and another site that talked about how curled and compacted uvb bulbs can cause blindness or other problems to tortoises eyesight. I myself don't use this kind of bulb I use powersun mercury vapor uvb bulbs, but I was just curious as to how people found out the...

I read online that russian tortoises can have aloe vera but I just wanted to come here and see if anyone here has actually given aloe vera to a Russian tortoise and make sure nobody has had any bad experiences giving a Russian tort aloe vera.

I was wondering if its normal for russian tortoises to lose weight in warmer months. My russian has lost 59 grams since April. I live in Ohio so I have been letting him stay outside and adventure around the yard when I'm home to watch him since its warmer, so I dont know if his increased...

Hi I was trying to get some advice on making a bioactive setup for my Russian tortoise. I've done a little research but I figured there might be some experts here that could provide good advice. So really I would like to know what kind of subrate would be recommended for a bioactive setup and...

Hi I'm hoping someone can help me with this cause I have no ideal what it is and its worrying me. I just noticed this like weird scab/excess skin on just the left side of my ornate wood turtles face. I tried getting some of it off with a q tip and it looks like skin to me but I'm not sure why...

Hopefully someone out there might be able to help me out even tho the turtle isnt on the species list. But I have a Ornate Wood Turtle that I have recent got from a trade show and she has a weird spot on the bottom of her shell and she has some white ish lines on her back. I've had her for like...

So I am currently doing an internship at a rehab center in ohio and I have to do a project with one of the permanent education animals. My idea was to give the one small box turtle substrate that would make her have to use his back legs more often but at the same time wont be to hard for her to...

Hi so I've had my russian tortoise Donatello for a year now and I've recently started to notice how his shell doesnt look as nice as other shells. I've tried to do some research but I felt like I was just getting my self worried about it being something really bad so I decided to come here and...