My Greek is 4.5 years old now. It's been pretty healthy from what I can tell, except that its hind legs don't seem as strong as the front ones. When it's walking, the bottom shell isn't parallel to the ground, always drops at the back, but not touching the ground of course. Is this just a...
I came across this picture on a tortoise discussion forum.
The owner lives in a flat but he decided to have a large tort anyway. Very soon he can not afford enough indoor space for it to roam around ("it knocks down everything in the room") and outdoor is not an option. So he puts the poor...
Have a question here:
Up to how old a Greek is a hatchling and up to how old a Greek is a yearling?
I have a one year old Greek, this is my first tort ever. I think it's doing great now, but doesn't grow much bigger than 8 months ago.
I just read a thread from this forum that a...
I heard you should weigh young torts once every couple weeks when they are hibernating, so you know the body mass loss.
My question is, when you weigh it, wouldn't it be waked up? Is constant waking up during hibernation bad or okay?
Once it's waked up, do you go through all the...
Is it normal my tort is eating a lot less now than he did in the summer?
He is a 8 month Greek.
The enclosure is heated by a 160 w MVB during the day and a 150w CHB during the night, the temperature in the enclosure is lower than in the summer but absolutely above 65F all the time.
He...
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The little green turtle wasn't happy about himself, because he was not "special":
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When it rains, every body run away:
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He doesn't, because he has a special house: his...
My Greek tort is 5 months old. He's been with me for a month now. During this one month, he urated only once, it happened about 3 weeks ago. He hasn't urated since then. Is that normal? The urine is OK, poop also fine. The only problem is the white stuff I only saw once.
My Greek doesn't like Cactus at all. He hasn't had even one bite of it since I bought some for him.
I know cactus is very good for tortoises, but wonder how it tastes to tortoises.
It will be nice to have a timer power strip. The only place I could fine it is in the pet stores, and it's expensive. I am curious if I can buy one from other places like wal-mart or homedepot for less. I don't need 6+ power outlets. Just 2 would be enough.
My greek got soft shell. I got him less than 2 weeks ago. I didn't notice but I think his shell was good then.
I used a compact fluorescent UV lamp. Ater a couple days I found out he had difficulty opening one of his eyes and that eye might be (I think) a bit swollen. So I returned the...
I want to buy a Zilla UV strip lamp with the bulb. There are T5 and T8 serise. I do not quite understand what's the difference.
There are also 25 watts/cm2 and 50 watts/cm2. Do you think 25 will be enough? I heard people report damage to the eyes using high strength.
Thanks.
My Greek tortoise is only 4 months old. It's tiny, only 2.5 inch long. I know it's good to give him a warm bath now and then, but I don't know how you keep the water bath warm. I can not add too much water, because he is tiny. That little water quickly cools down to room temperature within 60...