Thank you for your replies. They tend to roam around the parts with more humidity. I usually soak my tortoises food before I put their food on their rock and the substrate absorbs some of the water. They infested the part that absorbed the water. I guess I will just remove the infested part and...
I took a new photo. Google lens said it was bedbugs.
There is a photo with higher quality. Google lens told me that they were bedbugs but I'm still not sure. If they are bedbugs are they harmful to the tortoises?
Hello guys I have spotted some brown-orange bugs today. Are they mites? How can I get rid of them? @Tom @wellington
Sorry for the low quality. They move really fast and they are really small.
Hello guys. I have an indoor enclosure for my tortoises. They are all nice and healthy but today I have spotted some white spider-like bugs in their substrate. What are some good pesticides for getting rid of the insects without harming my tortoises? Thanks.
Hello guys. I spray my tortoises and their enclosure in order to increase the humidity. The spray bottle I use pulverizes the water and I was wondering would there be any problems if my tortoises inhaled it. Thanks.
I know that but I learnt it after I removed my tortoises ticks. The last time my tortoise got ticks was about 2 months ago. He is doing really well but I was wondering what should I do because I removed his ticks with tweezers.
Hello guys. I was surfing the web when I came across an article about removing a tick from a tortoise. It said to remove with olive oil. I usually take my tortoises outside and sometimes they get ticks. If I remove ticks with tweezers will they be harmed?
Hello guys. I have a Greek tortoise. He is very healthy but i have noticed that his shell got darker over the past year. Why did that happen? Is it because of growing or is it a medical condition? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Yes she sure did have a bad start. At least she is doing really well except this pyramiding. She is one of my most active tortoises and she has a great personality! She loves getting neck scratches so whenever she sees me she comes over to me running while stretching her neck 🙂
Thank you for your reply. I'm housing her in a closed chamber. I didn't know all of that about foggers. Thanks. When I got her she was so stressed and didn't eat any food unless I hand fed her and 3 of her nails were broken on her front right leg and 2 broken on her front left leg. Maybe the...
I didn't say the area between the scutes were 1mm or 2mm etc and I already use digital gauges. I asked about if it was serious. The reason I said that only the frontal scute was raised was that I thought that there weren't any pyramiding in the other scutes. When slide my finger over her shell...
Now I measured the vertical size, each of the scutes are 1mm except the frontal one. It is about 2mm. It is visibly bigger than the other scutes and that got me concerned. Is it something to be worried about? The carapace length of her is about 5,5 cm.
Hmm... When i slide my finger over her shell its really smooth except the frontal one. The length of the scutes (vertically) aren't even half a cm! Maybe she just started pyramiding. How do I stop that? I wonder what may be causing them. Maybe 2-3hrs of uvb isn't enough? Thank you for your answer🙂
I have tortoise called Phoenix. She is a 7 month old Hermann's Tortoise. I got her while she was sick. She was stressed and she didn't eat for a while. I hand fed her every day and after a while she turned normal. She was really healthy until I noticed one of her frontal vertebral scutes were...