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  1. Thomas tortoise

    HELP!!!!! Respiratory infection

    I dont have time to explain right now but my baby sulcata tortoise has respiratory infection one of my baby tortoises already died from it and the other one is on the verge of death and he is not eating !what can I do!!!!???
  2. Thomas tortoise

    Finally named them!

    The top/lighter one is Wisteria. 😀😍 The bottem/darker one is Emerelda. (Emm-er-el-da) I might pick a different name for Emerelda cause it just doesn't really suit her. But Emeralda is her name for now. What do y'all think?
  3. Thomas tortoise

    The pros and cons of spring.

    Don't get me wrong. I LOVE spring... but when I'm going swimming and I find a Alligator snapping turtle lurking by my toes its a little scary. And I kinda liked going outside in the winter and not worrying about getting lyme disease from a few freckle size ticks! Now there are ticks everywhere...
  4. Thomas tortoise

    Just thought I'd let you know.

    I am changing my profile pic. I know its a little weird to say this but I get people mixed up a lot when they change their profile pic and I dont remember who they are cause they never warn me.😂 so just thought I'd give y'all a heads up.😂
  5. Thomas tortoise

    Just to make sure... this is the right way right?

    It hasn't gone up on temperature yet cause I just put it under.... but this is the right way right? The tortoises top shell should be about half the size of this temperature gauge. And it is directly under the heat lamp.
  6. Thomas tortoise

    Heating and lighting.

    (For my 1 year old tortoise) I still cant get his enclosure heated to the point I need it to be. Its 5'-5' maybe its to big to heat the whole thing with one bulb? I dont have a thermostat on any of the bulbs. Is that the problem? So I already ordered a thermostat and I dont really know how to...
  7. Thomas tortoise

    ~BEWARE~

    Beware of this website. 》 tortoisehome.com I was looking at it and it doesn't say where their location is. (Which is a little peculiar🤔) also they don't tell you the cost of the shipping of the animal your buying till you click the only button there. BUY. Not only all that but they sell angonka...
  8. Thomas tortoise

    YES! He finally ate.

    Okay. So my baby stinkpot turtle finally ate a snail. I was sort of surprised cause the snail was the biggest freshwater snail I have ever seen in our creek but. Yeah, I'm use to small ones so... but anyway. I am so happy puppy finally decided to take a bite.
  9. Thomas tortoise

    Heat pad with thermostat

    I know someone that breeds sulctata tortoises and he puts the babies in a plastic tub with a heat pad and he never has any problems. So I guess my question is. Can a Use a heat pad with a thermostat in my future baby sulctata tortoises enclosure. If not then why?
  10. Thomas tortoise

    Finally got it.

    Finally came in the mail. My tortoises basking spot is 99 F. And the warm side is 80-75 F. And cool side is 70 F. Should I try and get the warm side up to 85?
  11. Thomas tortoise

    One out of a million?

    I just found this leaf on the ground and it looks like it has....Blossoms? On it. I looked at it very carefully and it does not look like eggs or cocoons it is made from the leaf.
  12. Thomas tortoise

    They will be ready soon!

    Okay. So as most of you know i will be getting 2 more sulctata tortoises from this tortoise farm. And he is gonna try to hatch them out as females so the only thing I need help with is picking names. I probably won't pick a name till I see them so I know what name fits their personality. But I...
  13. Thomas tortoise

    Temperature for Musk turt?

    I am still trying to get the temp of my musk turtle enclosure right. But to be honest...Idk what it should be at. So some help qould be great! :)
  14. Thomas tortoise

    Just thinking...

    Future questions! If I get a turtle pond going. Could I leave the turtles out there in the winter? Would they just hibernate and wake up by themselves when they are ready? Would I have to put them in the frige like tortoises or could I leave it in the pond and everything would go okay? Or should...
  15. Thomas tortoise

    Which one? HIBISCUS QUESTION

    I have two kinds of hibuscus. The seeds of one are round. And the seeds of the other is kinda weird shape with...Fluff? Connected to the seed all around the edges. Which one is...the best?
  16. Thomas tortoise

    How, when, and where?

    Hi y'all I want to get some oputia for my tortoise. ((Soon to be tortoises)) and I am just asking around if I can grow one from a pad. And how? And if I cant. Then where can I get a started plant. I will probably just buy a started plant so what website is best to buy it from?
  17. Thomas tortoise

    Finally.

    I am finally getting a crested gecko! (Not 100% sure yet) If I do get one it will be in two weeks! I'll keep y'all updated. I'm thinking about getting a dalmatian. But there is a high color orange/yellow/brown one that i was really interested in as well. I have almost everything I need for one...
  18. Thomas tortoise

    What happened?

    What is wrong with my tortoises shell?it was a little at first but then it spread and I'm rather worried. The white lines are what I'm talking about. There is nothing in his cage he would scratch it on so idk.
  19. Thomas tortoise

    Normal?

    Is the top part of the plastron normal? Is it suppose to have two of those...gulars? (dont know if that is how you spell it or even if thats what its called)
  20. Thomas tortoise

    Hand feed?

    I haven't seen my turtle eat for a while and he is still really small. As small as when i got him which was a few months ago. Should I hand feed him to make sure he eats? He is a baby stinkpot turtle.
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