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My youngest son is interested in raising a tort of his own (with my guidance). We currently have a sulcata that is less than a year old. Since we live in cold winter climates, our sully will have her own room in our home after she outgrows her current terrarium. She also has an acre to roam...

We've had Morla about a month now and I have not seen very much physical growth. Her/his history is unclear as I received her from someone who could not care for her. Here is what I do know about her history: She is at maxium 7-9 months old. The woman I got her from had her in her care for 4...

Found baby Morla on her back this morning. Talk about giving someone a heart attack! I could not have been more freaked if I had walked around the corner to find a kid trying to put a fork in a light socket. At most she had been there for two hours and worst still, she was exposed under the 105°...

I wanted to take a minute and say thank you to the tort veterans on this site that continually educate us 'newbs'. I imagine you log on here sometimes and sigh to yourselves thinking "didn't I just address this yesterday?" Please don't give up on us! We need your expertise! I wanted to share...

I have been reading through the forums about pyramiding; the basic do's and don't and the overall debate on causes. Working in academics, I go immediately in search of scholarly articles and research relating to this topic. I wanted to share an article, very specific to the "Influence of...

I'm Sarah, 35, from NW Indiana. I recently welcomed a 2 year old sulcata into my home. We named her Morla (the ancient turtle from Neverending story). She came from a coworker who purchased two sulcatas but shortly after released she couldn't give them both what they needed. So I adopted my...