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I believe it’s 15 in each group, but I have the paper at home. Most veterinary studies are underpowered with number of patients due to funding. I still think that the results being significant shows something. The tortoises in the study were raised with 35% +/- 5% humidity for everyone saying it...

Board-certified veterinarians who also raise leopard tortoises do, but I am not here to argue. I understand geographical area not representing the environment inside his enclosure. However, my house is most definitely more humid than a house in New Mexico. I have 4 digital thermometers at my...

I understand and I am genuinely looking for advice here to see if something is obviously incorrect or someone has has a similar experience. However, I am going to trust evidence based research over opinions, if the research is available. Additionally, I don’t believe that the night temperature...

I understand and I am genuinely looking for advice here to see if something is obviously incorrect or someone has has a similar experience. However, I am going to trust evidence based research over opinions, if the research is available. Additionally, I don’t believe that the night temperature...

Here's the study if anyone is interested: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1557506315001858

That’s fine, we can agree to disagree.

I appreciate your reply and taking the time to offer suggestions. How we, I’ve read the care guide and I live in Florida so it’s not hard to keep the temperatures/humidity as I have said. If anything, they are hotter than I reported. I disagree that 75 is too cold at night. In fact, a study...

Hello everyone, I have a 7-8 month old hatchling leopard tortoise who has progressively lethargic over the past 3 weeks. He lives in an open top container that is 95F/40% humidity on the warm side and 80F/60% humidity on the cool side. The temperature is around 75F at night. He has a 10.0 UVB...

Hi everyone, I have had my little tortoise for over a month and wanted to think if you guys thought he had any signs of pyramiding. I'm pretty sure was he overfed and not kept in the best environment previously. I keep convincing myself that I can see super slight signs of pyramiding, but I may...