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One of my fantastic co-workers just gifted us several prickly pear cacti for the torts! We fed them their first prickly pear last night, by slicing off the "pricklies" and cutting it into strips. How do you prepare your prickly pear for your torts? Is there an easier/better way? Thanks!

Our sulcatas are officially yearlings now (they grow up so fast!). I'm curious if/when to cut back their daily soakings. What's your soak schedule? Thanks for the input!

We have two male Hermanns that are somewhere between 3-5 years old. We have been soaking them daily since we got them (one month), partly because we originally weren't sure of their age and then because they were overcoming a nasty battle of worms (thanks, Petsmart!) and the soaks helped them...

Hey y'all. I posted about wanting a tortoise for my classsroom in the redfoot forum, as that seemed to be the most suggested tort. Some of the redfooters seem to strongly disagree with this idea, so I'm opening it up for other suggestions! Here's the background: My husband and I have two...

Hey y'all. My husband and I have two sulcata hatchlings that traveled back and forth to school with me last year. They are getting ready to turn one and growing quickly, so they will officially become our own home pets this school year. That being said, I'm now known as the tortoise teacher...

Hello all! My name is Amy. I'm a second grade teacher from Louisiana (New Orleans area). My husband and I have two sulcatas (Argus and Dumbledore) getting ready to celebrate their first birthday, as well as six (yes, six) rescue dogs (Frankenstein, Lucy, Marley, Nicky, Oskar, and Petey). We are...