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  1. CharSparda

    New member of the family!

    So I went to a reptile shop for the last… 5-6 months? And I developed a relationship with a red foot, every time I came to visit the store he/she would come to me and would start moving around its small enclosure. Today I decided it was time for him to join the family (we’re two cats and a...
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    My tort woke up from brumation but tomorrow the weather’s going to get cold AF

    Hey, So Raphael brumated for around two weeks lol and he woke up today because the weather is abou 80 F. However, tomorrow’s the weather’s gonna drop to between 46 to 54 F and the next weeks gonna be around the same… First of all, should I feed him? He’s just standing there, walking a little...
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    Species identification

    Hey! It’s me making my 838384 thread But yeah, today a friend of mine found a (turtle?) under his car who was being bothered by some dogs and he took it to his garden. He went to a vet who told him this was a land turtle but I am not quite sure if that’s the case, to me it looks like a water...
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    Is this shell rot??

    Hello again! This is not for me, but for a friend who found this tortoise in a near by zoo He saw this little red foot with a big area of discoloration in the shell. What could it be? The zoo told him that they don’t have a reptiles vet so there’s not a lot they can do about it (apparently...
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    Plastron discoloration on desert tortoise?

    So today I took my guy to his weekly bath and as I was picking him up I saw a strange white big spot on his plastron. This is him after his bath. He pooped a lot as usual. Right now he’s eating his escarole. To be honest I have no idea if he already had this discoloration before since I have...
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    My Gopherus isn’t eating and is sleeping all day

    He had been very active until last week when he started to sleep a lot and eating only from time to time (yesterday he ate just a little bit of his scarole). I gave him a bath yesterday and he pooped twice, but he immediately wanted to sleep again. could he be trying to brumate? Should I be...
  7. CharSparda

    Tortoise has problems in its paw

    Hey! I'd be glad if you could help me. This tortoise isn't mine but a friend of mine is worried that she is not walking lately, and today she discovered her tortoise has a white liquid and his scales are falling of one of her paws. Photos: I think the poor little thing has no access to a...
  8. CharSparda

    Concerned about my Gopherus' health

    I recently adopted a Gopherus Berlandieri (legal and in Mexico) and he's been a very active guy all along. However, about 3-4 weeks ago he started to change his schedule to sleeping all day (even when I activate the UVB) and waking up one time in the afternoon to eat and then sleep again, and he...
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    My Gopherus isn't hibernating at all

    Hello! I'm feeling kind of worried since it's the first year my Gopherus Berlandieri is with me, and the vet told me he would start hibernating around october/november. However, he's still up and asks me to take a walk out of his enclosure. He's eating around 2 times a day and even though he...
  10. CharSparda

    My Gopherus isn’t eating but he seems active

    Hello, I adopted my Gopherus Berlandieri a couple weeks ago and he’s living in a very small aquarium (without water ofc). However, whenever he wants to take a walk I let him walk in my room. He was usually eating a lot when he arrived and until late Sunday. Ever since this week started, he is...
  11. CharSparda

    New member and new father

    Hello! One of my friends told me about this forum since I just adopted a new turtle about 3 weeks ago. His name is Raphael and apparently his last owner couldn't take care of him anymore of something weird happened idk so I decided to adopt him and give him a good life insAllah. He is...
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