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Thank you I will keep an eye on it. Yes he has definitely been taking bites of poop when I’m not fast enough to pick it up.

Hello… I have a baby eastern Hermann’s tortoise who has been doing great. He has been gaining weight and grown in length since he was sent to me almost 2 months ago. His poops are regular and have looked healthy until the last two days. They are now mushy blobs that have a little shape but still...

Thanks everyone! I reached out to Chris from Garden state tortoises and have been emailing back and forth. I’m going to start over with a tortoise from him in a few weeks. I know I’ll start differently since this one will be a baby but I’m excited! Also a bit nervous but feeling more confident...

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Oh and I also checked the temps everyday to make sure all was good

And what I read meant… temp of soaking would start around 86 degrees I believe and the light arcadia pro T 5 12% and I would have it turn off after 12 hours

Thank you I am new here and am not sure I am posting correctly but I replied to Yvonne’s questions.

Yes of course! Okay so he was Easter Hermanns tortoise. The main book I used was the Hermann’s Tortoise by Ben Team. I built his indoor enclosure out of a garden table… it was 4 feet long and 2 feet wide and I had a substrate depth of 6 inches with 10 inches above him. I used a ceramic heater on...

Hello. After a ton of research, creating a large enclosure and making sure I did “everything right” I purchased a male Hermann’s tortoise from a local reptile shop. I knew he most likely wasn’t captive bred but I was really worried that buying one online wouldn’t be legit. My tortoise name was...