I recently bought my first tortoise that was a Golden Greek. Little did I know this tortoise was from a bad clutch and was never supposed to live very long. I did all I could to try to get this tortoise healthy but after many visits to the vet they told me there was nothing else I could do...
Last week our baby golden greek tortoise flipped over twice in her water dish and now her whole shell is soft and her belly is almost all a dark blue or red like she has internal bleeding. Attached is a picture. Does anyone know what's happening?
So we got our new little baby a week ago, and now that she's finally settled in, got a name, and has taken some adorable pictures.
Her name is Cleopatra, but Cleo for short. She's a two month old Golden Greek tortoise we ordered off of tortoiseshack.com
Her enclosure is a 60 qts under the bed...
Hi My girlfriend and I are getting a two month old golden Greek female in a few days and I have been kind of thrown into this as we both haven't ever raised a tortoise before and didn't realize that it was so difficult to raise them. She has always wanted a toroise and has raised red ears for a...
I am getting a two month old golden Greek tortoise and I've been reading up on a lot of things, but one I still have a question on is diet. mine will be kept indoors since I live in an apartment right now.
I know the best case is to grow plants and weeds for them to eat, and I did order some...
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I'm looking to adopt a golden Greek tortoise, preferably still a baby. I live in southeast Texas and already have a nice indoor closure ready.
If anyone knows of a good place to find them or has one they are willing to aware I'd love to discuss it.
Thank you.
I ordered a baby hermann tortoise from a website and I think they sent me a marginated tortoise instead. He doesn't have any spots on his shell like I've seen so many Hermann's with and I don't think he has a spur on it's tail either, plus he has the triangles on his belly which is a marginated...
My name is Sarah and my partner, Kaitlyn, and I just adopted a baby hermann and it actually is to be arriving today. I don't know the sex of it yet and because of that no name yet. Kaitlyn has owned many red ear sliders and we finally decided to take on a tortoise together, and I'm so excited...