Hey all - was walking on a new walking path in Irvine CA and came across lots of what looks to be wild dandelion along both sides of the paved walkway. I was curious if something like that would be safe to pick and feed my torts. Wasn't sure if there was anything to be aware of that could harm...
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It seems like I am posting here almost weekly with new problems. Not sure what I could be doing wrong to cause so many different problems. Big guys has a massive back leg, lefty has growths on his neck, and now righty’s legs are swelling and the flesh thats swelling is extremely soft...
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Today I noticed lefty was laying around with his head out when it usually is retracted into his shell. Upon closer inspection he seems to have hard clumps of skin on the inside of his neck (pictures attached) with one piece peeling off closest to his head. Please help with what this...
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I keep noticing and removing clear white crystal looking “rocks” from my enclosure and dont know what is causing them if they are coming out of the hatchlings. I have attached pictures of them for reference. They are all the same opaque clear material, some are just dirtier than others...
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Noticed Big Guy kicking out his back left leg a few times today so I picked him up to see what he was doing and noticed that his back left leg looks considerable “fatter” than the right. Other than the kicking it around a couple times while basking today he hasnt shown any other signs...
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I have had my CDT hatchlings for 5 months now since they hatched, and after a rough start, they seem to have their routine down. I just wanted to run it by the group to make sure that its okay and “normal” or see if there are any habits I should look out for.
I have 5 DCT hatchlings...
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I noticed today that one of my CDT Hatchlings left eye is barely opening. I have attached a picture of the left and right eye for reference. I noticed the top layer of their coco coir started to dry up so I misted it today incase that got in his eye. There wasnt anything noticeable in...
Quick question about the humidity in my new enclosure. During the day with their basking lamp on my analog humidity gauge read around 50% humidity but now that it is night and the heat lamp is off the humidity gauge reads 80-90%. That seems odd to me since I do not currently have a cover over my...
Hey all, I just got a new front opening tank for my desert tortoise hatchlings and it came with a “rock background” that you can put your cords behind to keep them out of the way. I just opened the tank and turns out the background is styrofoam. Is this bad for my tortoises and should I remove...
Hi, if you have seen my other post I am really struggling right now and have lost 2 desert tortoise hatchlings this week after 3 months of seemingly no issue.
One of my remaining tortoise hatchlings is now squeaking every minute or so and flinching his head in when he squeaks. I went to the...
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I am new to this forum but happy to be here to learn and hopefully one day contribute! My grandmas desert tortoise laid 9 eggs this year and in September 7 of them hatched. My grandma gave me the 7 hatchlings. They have been seemingly great the past 3 months until this week when I went...