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Hi everyone, It has been months since I have been active here because things were going so well with Miguel. But I believe she just ate a cat hairball and am looking for advice on what to do. Soak her extra long daily and watch her poops for the next couple weeks? Or take her to a vet stat? I...

Hey all, This feels like a silly thing to ask but here goes nothing! Miguel has been peeing in her food saucer of late, while eating. I can tell it’s pee from the smell (smells a little sometimes but not always), and bc the water wasn’t in the plate earlier. I also caught her do it once, her...

I’m starting to see a pattern here with my baby Hermann... I weigh her most days, and while she has gained 8g in the 4+weeks she has been here, most days there is no weight gain, or just a 1g difference. Her diet is a rotation of plantain, mulberry, chicory, grape, clover with some extra dried...

Hi all, I’ve asked for advice (lots!) and have commented here and there, but this is my first post about my tortoise. :) After months of waiting, the baby arrived three weeks ago. ’She’ was promptly named Miguel Shimmery and declared a girl by our 4yo daughter. We’re rolling with it! Due to...

Hey all, It’s 111f today in LA, and our house is in the mid 80s with the AC on. I’m nervous about Miguel our baby Herman (10wo) being too hot. Her cool side temperature is reading 86f, when it normally would be 82f at that point in the day. Miguel has been in her hide more than usual as the...

Hi all, My tortoise Miguel (9/10wo Eastern Hermann) doesn’t use her hides (half coconuts) much, instead favors napping and sleeping under her substrate most of the time. I got rid of the cool side hide to give her more romping space. She gets shade from various plants real and fake on that side...

Hi there, I set up my enclosure months ago for my baby, dialed in the temperatures and set up the UV strip before it arrived two weeks ago. Reading about Ferguson zones for Hermanns (zone 3), I set the UV strip where it reads about 2.3 UVI, which falls within the zone 3 range according to the...

Hi, My baby greek arrived 3 days ago. He has been eating, pooping, sleeping (a lot), exploring his indoor and outdoor enclosure (he gets one hour of outdoor enclosure time daily). Everyday he chooses to dig into the substrate to sleep, and does it under the basking lamp. Sometimes on the edge...

Okay, I have another question about greens. I am a newbie garderner. I started growing greens about two months ago in preparation for our tortoise’s arrival. A baby Greek, will be here in two weeks. I grow chicory, plantain, dandelion, wild strawberries and nasturtium and am wondering if they...

Hi all, I’ve been avidly browsing this forum for a few weeks, this is my first post. I am getting an eight week old baby Greek Ibera in August from Chris Leone at gardenstate tortoises. It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to care for a tortoise so I am preparing everything for it to live well...