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I heard somewhere that Sulcatas with extra scutes normally turn out to be female. Is this true?

Haha I was joking. I thought it was obvious sorry.

Hey there, I am new to the tortoise keeping, but coming from South Africa, I sure do know my spiders. That is a black widow web due to the long string ends and the messy, un neat design. What you can do to test this is spray some water on top of the web, like with a misting bottle, not too much...

Thanks for your response. Boris has a massive new enclosure which is ready for him on Tuesday (waiting for sealer to dry). I soak him daily for 40 minutes in warm water beneath his basking lamp. He has a T5 HO uvb light in his new enclosure ready for when he can move in. I have nutrabol and...

Hi Tom, The UV strip light is mounted 18 inches from him and is on 13 hours a day. I have not taken any readings or temperatures from the bulbs yet due to there being no substrate inside (this might hinder temperatures). Here are some photos of stages of keeping Boris. The past 2/3 weeks he has...

Ok thanks. I have ordered reptibark which is the closest thing I could find. Currently I am using cypress mulch with coco coir base (for digging) in the interim. I will have a look at home base maybe next friday for liner as that is a very good suggestion thanks. Do you think that this...

Once I have got it in upside downed, I will give you the distance of uv From tortoise. Just need to finish construction and add the substrate before I can give temperatures. I have a ceramic heat bulb for ambient humidity at night. I will give Vivarium information on Tuesday.

Yes I am currently building my Vivarium like right now. He can move in there on tuesday due to the sealer. Cypres mulch and coco coir 5 inch deep substrate with 80percent humidity when he can move in. It is properly enclosed so no humidity loss (apart from cable area). He started out really bad...

He is 110g at 6 months old. 4x6 foot enclosure. T5 HO 39 watt 12% UVB bulb

I have the UvB you recommended (T5 HO 12% bulb). His new Vivarium is being setup today.

My tortoise has had this swollen looking eye since I got him, it’s like the eyelid doesn’t fully retract, here are some photos. He is also starting to shed which is causing his skin pigment to darken, also wondering if this is a problem or if this is ok. I am aware that he is pyramiding and I am...

My Russian tortoise Boris is starting to shed some of his skin (the first time he has done this). His new skin is a lot darker and a lot less green. Just wondering if this is normal. PS, the pictures of Boris are from yesterday, since then, I have setup his new Vivarium style enclosure to give...

Yep I have kind of replicated Tom’s enclosure for humidity. I have three of these high humidity enclosures. One for Boris my horsfield, one for Hank the Sulcata and one for my leopard tortoise who I have yet to name…..I need help with that.

Old photos I have already corrected his enclosure

I realised that Hank is more elongated than other sulcatas and isn’t as round as others. I wasn’t told by the breeder if he was a sudanese or Mali sulcata. Can you identify if he is or not? PS some of these photos are from last week when he was in his smaller enclosure.

This is great thanks. I have a massive drum that fills up with rain water that I can use for misting/spraying shell. Enclosure is being setup on Wednesday this week.

What bulb would you recommend?

Is my Sulcata starting to pyramid. I have had him for three weeks and keep the humidity at 60. I have a new enclosure being built this Thursday for perfect 80 percent humidity all the time (it has a lid). Any tips on any things I can do to avoid this from progressing or does he look alright.

Ok so how long should I be keeping them in the humid enclosure (like what age)?

Hello! I just wanted to ask if you think that my Horsfield tortoise is starting to pyramid. Average humidity of 40 percent and a 35C basking temperature. I think that I might be over feeding and that is causing this shell bumping. Please let me know how I can not overfeed my tortoise. He is 5...