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Just wanna make sure this is normal. They yellow foot that I got (didn't see it in person first, had to have it shipped from another province) isn't yellow but rather is orange. I've had it a week or so and it seems happy, active, and healthy

I've heard that yellow foots are more omnivorous than redfoots? Is this true? Can they have the same diet as my Redfoots or do they need something more?

Yellowfoot are very difficult to find up here in Canada for some reason. It's much easier to find Burmese mountain tortoise or even kinixys species that a yellow but I finally found a baby. His shells a little bumpy but he's in a nice closed chamber now so that should even out a he grows. Was...

He's broken 2.5 pounds but unfortunately with how cold our winters get (-40 Celsius isn't uncommon) he has to be raised indoors most of the year an can only be outside 4-5 months a year. I think his shell looks pretty good and he's alert and active. I've had him since it was about 5 months old.

I've got a male in a large pen and our second largest (of three, all currently housed separately) is finally big enough to try introducing to the largest. I just want some opinions on sex, if it's male I'll keep them separate as the largest is for sure a male) otherwise if it's female I'll try...

I've got a baby redfoot coming tomorrow and the UVB fixture I have doesn't have the reflector anymore, if I put tinfoil where the reflector should be to make the most of the UVB bulb will that be ok? It's a reptisun 5.0 linear t8 approximately 10" away from the tortoise. Just want to make sure...

Here's some pics of the 3-toe I took in from substandard care. He's got a deformed shell, a spot of shell rot, MBD and his beak is slightly misaligned. He's my first box turtle so tips are welcome but I have lots of experience with tortoises and water turtles. Were going to start fixing his beak...

Long story short. I took in a very sickly year old three toed box turtle (shell rot, very deformed shell, some mbd and soft shell, beak problems, and potentially a minor eye infection). I have a sulcata, cherryhead, and hermanns tortoise so lots of tort experience but no boxie experience. He's...

It's finally spring here in Canada and the snow is all gone, what I'm wondering is how warm does it have to be to start letting a little sully outdoors again? He gone from 450g to almost 2 pounds over winter and he's ready to be out in the backyard again. What temps should it be reaching during...

My 2 year old male hermanns has just started wheezing in the last couple days. He has no other symptoms other than the wheezing. He's active, eats lots, no swollen or puffy eyes, no discharge, and he's not breathing with his mouth open at all. Is this indicative of a respiratory infection or...

From what I can gather it's about 2 years old.

I have a juvenile sulcata (about 9cm SCL) and was wondering how hard the shell should be? It's hard to touch (especially on the top) and by no means "leathery" like I've seen young torts with mbd exhibit but if you put some pressure the sides and bottom (not enough to hurt the animal) are...

My sulcata caught a glimpse of my cherryhead in her pen (opaque but still clearish sides) and began vigorously head bobbing at her. Does this mean my sully is likely male?

Can the 160W zoomed powersun bulb be used in a reflector dome rated for 160W or will the UVB be to strong with a reflector? I'm just considering this for my 6" sulcata and winter is coming so he's only got maybe 2 weeks of warm enough temperatures to be outdoors in real sun.

Is it old enough to sex yet. Just got it today

If our lawn was fertilized at the start of the year how long should I wait before allowing the torts to graze again? I have grass in boxes for now but a sulcata bulldozes it pretty fast.

I'm getting a juvenile cherryhead tomorrow and just wanted to know what strength of UVB to use? I have a sulcata and a hermanns who both have high UVB needs but this is my first rainforest tortoise. I was thinking a 5%?

It's finally warm enough (after 3 weeks if rain) for my little guy to have his day outside and he loved it.

Just thought I'd show off my shelled buddies. The first is my 10 month old sulcata, the middle is poppy, my pink-bellied sideneck turtle who was a gift from a friend of mine knowing I wanted one after she was turned over to her turtle rescue, and the last is my 14 month old hermann's, the first...

I have a big bag of finch seed because my uromastyx eats some and was wondering if I sprout it I could feed it to my torts. It's a mix of finch millet, rape seed, niger seed and canary grass.