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Whoa! What kind of torts are they? Their colors and patterns are breath-taking!

Thanks :) I think so too but I'm kinda bias.

Snapped some pic's of Speedy while we were on our "walk" today. I didn't take too many the first month we had him because I wanted him to get used to us before I started shoving a camera in his face but I figured since he doesn't tuck his head back in his shell when we pick him up anymore...

I always turn Speedy's light on at 8:30am and turn it off at 8:30pm. I don't have a timer, I just picked those times because I knew I'd be home at that time everyday. Usually he digs himself down and is sleeping around 7pm so turning the light off at 8:30 is never an issue. Today I went in at...

I vote Zeus simply because I love the mythology stories of Zeus, son of Cronus. I've got a pair of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches names Atlas and Hermes but I almost went with Zeus for one of them.

Thank you! Thats exactly what I meant. See, I'm actually *against* the idea of stealing animals from the wild to fill pet shops. I think it'd be more humane if we focused more on breeding in captivity to fill pet needs. I actually was lined up to adopt a tort out of a bad situation. I have...

Ok, I think I may have gotten some people riled up with my wording. Let me just clarify: This is a 110% hypothetical question that came up in discussion between my husband and I. We are very new to torts and still trying to weed through a lot of the misinformation that is out there. We have...

Ok. Thanks for answering!

Well, I know that many keepers choose not to hibernate their torts. What I'm asking is, what if a tort was wild, the days got shorter and the weather got colder so the tort ate a lot and physically prepared to hibernate, but then right before it would have gone to sleep for the winter, someone...

What happens if a tort prepares for hibernation but then isn't allowed to hibernate? Like if they (for example) were in the wild and doing what they do naturally, but then they were captured right before they would have gone into hibernation, and they were put in a climate controlled habitat...

I just got my tort less than 2 weeks ago but already he got used to getting to go outside for a couple hours every afternoon. We have a cat and two children so his enclosure has a wire door with a lock on it for safety. He started waiting by that door at the same time everyday because thats the...

**UPDATE** Speedy is eating! I guess the problem was placement of his food dish? See, I had his deep bedding for digging on the far left of the cage followed by his cool hide, his food and water dishes, then his warm hide and basking area on the far right of the cage. The food dish was only...

Oh dear, is the UVA bulb that bad?

I've ordered a combo light bulb that gives both UVA and UVB off Amazon since our pet shop didn't have one. While I wait for that to arrive in the mail, he has a UVA only bulb. Not a spiral one but a round one. Sorta like a sphere except a little more flat. I think it is 100 watts. I'm not...

Hi everybody. My name is Kate, but my nickname is Suzy. I'm a long-time animal lover with experience caring for many species (mostly dogs, rabbits, chickens, pigeons, and hamsters). When I was a child my family fostered a box hatchling until it was able to find a permanent home (about a year it...