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    Shell de-colorization

    This is Ruby, my 15 year old horse-field’s tortoise. She is in good health other than the problem described below. Ruby had a white ring around her shell about a few months ago, and I went to tortoise forums for help. All and each response I got was that this was normal, and would go away at...
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    Help! White ring on shell.

    I have a 13-14 year old female Russian tortoise, and I am getting rather concerned. She has had a white ring on her shell ever since we got her, but it is getting to the point where I am getting very concerned for her health and safety. We have a good UV lighting set up, so I do not think it is...
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    Tortoise Exercising

    Hello fellow tortoises! I have a 14 year old “daughter” Russian Tortoise, and I was wondering how much exercise she needs. Any ideas?
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    Tortoise “Sneezing”

    I have a roughly 12 year old female Russian Tortoise, and I have caught her doing a “sneezing” like inhale. She doesn’t do it often at all, I’ve only seen her do it twice, but it slightly concerns me. She would be doing anything, eating, bathing, or just sunbathing. She will breath in normally...
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