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When would you consider grass/dandelions/flowers safe for your tortoise to be in and eat after being sprayed with weed killer? I'd like to see everyones thoughts on this. :p

So i've mainly been feeding my tort spring mix and romaine, with the casual dandelion here and there(Which he LOVES), but i was wanting to do more and grow some real plants for him. At walmart and target they have seeds, but im not sure whats safe for him to eat and whats not, i've read lists...

Sooo today is the nicest it's been for awhile. It's nice and sunny and about 70 something degrees. One problem. It's pretty windy! Would it be alright for me to take my tortoise outside even though it's windy? :p

So, i've noticed alot of people have timers for their lights. I thought that would be really handy to get one that would turn my light on in the morning then turn it off at night. Does anyone have a timer that they would recommend? :D Thanks!

Hey! So since i got my tortoise (last saturday) i haven't really seen him drink. I soak him everyday, and his humidity in the enclosure is normally around 50% or so. He has water available, but he doesn't really like to go in it. Im afraid of him getting dehydrated. How can i tell if he is? Also...

So i know sand has bad impaction if the tortoise is to eat it but what about coconut coir? I put his lettuce up on a rock and he doesn't seem to like to eat it on there so instead he pulls it right off into the coconut coir substrate. If it gets on his food and he eats it, will it harm him? I'd...

So, being a new mom i've been very overprotective of my new tortoise trying to make sure everything is alright with him. I bought him at petco, which has given me a ton of worries knowing alot of pet stores tortoises are WC. He was in the best condition of all the tortoises, and his shell seems...

So today i bought a new tortoise, (YES FINIALLY ;D) the only problem is he keeps going to the corner of the tortoise table and clawing at it. It's causing the wood to get all clawed up and the paint is coming off? what do i do? why is he doing this?

Yes, title says it all! Im in search for the perfect hermann tortoise. I've called around and they are not sold in ANY of the pet stores in my area. I've been looking online and found a few websites, but im unsure how trusted they really are, so i decided to come here. Where's a better place to...

Hey guys! As you may have seen my other post after alot of debating im going to get a hermann tortoise! :p I've already built his enclosure and it is a 4ft by 2ft tortoise table. Since im still a noob at this whole thing, i have no idea where to place the lights, how high up to put them, or what...

Hey guys! This will be my first time owning a turtle or tortoise of any kind and i need some suggestions! I've been doing alot of research and need a little bit more help. So i have made a tortoise table measuring 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and about 11 inches in depth. In my research i came down...