I was wondering if any diet-savvy tortoise owners could tell me if Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is safe for tortoises? It grows *everywhere* here as an introduced species. I know it is supposed to be safe for human consumption, all parts, but I'm not sure if the same holds true for tortoises...
I posted back in May of 2010 about a stray sulcata tortoise that I found roaming around a state park in NY. I'm happy to say that I have since moved to Alabama, and my new home came pre-equipped with tortoise yards! So, Morla has become a permenant addition to my family :)
She does need to...
Close to a month ago, I found a red eared slider on death's door by a local pond. Dehydrated and emaciated, the little fellow had terrible skin lessions, shell rot to the bone, an upper respiratory infection, and massively infected eyes. I am a wildlife rehabber & exotics rescuer, and couldn't...
Since my intro post had some folks surprised that NY isn't one big sprawling mass of concrete ( ;) ) I thought I'd share some of my photos of our beautiful wildlife! I'll add 3-5 new pics to the thread daily. Here's a few to start off:
Common Snapper
Water Snake (and some sunnies)...
I found Morla on Tuesday of this week while hiking in a local state park. I was walking around the perimeter of a pond photographing wildlife, and hear a promising rustle in the tall grasses. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be not a turtle, frog, or snake, but a TORTOISE!
I have had...
Today I soaked Morla for a good long time and she had a nice big pile of feces in her soaking bin. She hadn't gone in the three days since I'd gotten her despite having a big, wide, shallow water bowl twice her size to go into. I know that young sulcutas often have health problems if not soaked...
I've been doing a lot of reading trying to make sure I am able to take good care of Morla (oh no, I already named it!) while she is with me. I read everywhere that "grass hay," as opposed to alfalfa, should be used.
Now, I keep rabbits, degu, etc. and for them, this mostly means timothy hay...
I recently came into posession of a stray (more likely abandoned) sulcuta. I am not sure if I intend to keep it or not, but so long as I have it, I'd like to make sure it has a suitable quality of life. I've provided it a decent sized enclosure for its size, deep substrate to dig in, a hide...
Greetings folks!
I'm Ren. I have joined TortoiseForum as I have recently found myself very unexpectedly in posession of a young Sulcuta tortoise. Yesterday, I was photographing wildlife in a state park and came across a decidedly not native species: a sulcuta! I took her home as there's no...