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Troggy is getting big fast. At around 7 months, he's 190g and 11cm. I've had him since the first week of August. His shell has always had little creases in the middle of each scute, and the scutes along the spine have always been slightly raised. I just wanted to have some more experienced...

Troggy has had some creases in the yellow areas of some of his scutes (particularly one bear his tail and one on either side near his mid-section). I sort of thought they would smooth out as his grew. His humidity is 80% or higher, he gets soaks once or twice daily, and the creases have been...

Just a few photos of some boxies I'm caring for (in their outdoor inclosure at home) for the next week or so. They're all under five years, though two are recent hatchlings and three are a few years old. I think I only got photos of three--the mosquitos are wicked in their yard and I had to be...

Troggy is getting big. Fast. At not quite five months, he's over 100g. A friend who is raising a sulcata who is a few months older raised the concern that he's growing too fast and that it could cause issues. She was concerned about pyramiding (I sent her some articles about humidity and pointed...

Does anyone else's tort have a very specific bedtime? Our guy puts himself to bed at 6:30 every night without fail. I typically get him soaking by 6 AM, breakfast at about 6:30, so I guess that makes sense. He seems to nap after breakfast until 11 or 12, explore for a short while, nap more...

We've had our baby redfoot for a week, and I've been meaning to set up a well visit for him once he's settled in, but I wanted to give him some time, learn his habits, and have a few weeks' weights logged so I could show up with an idea of how he's doing. I have access to discounted prices...

He arrived at my office this morning, had a soak and a poop, then had to wait several hours in a holding carrier until I could leave. He's home now, had some dandelion and chard, and is now exploring his new enclosure. Some crappy cellphone photos for now, real photos to follow once he's...

Well, that escalated quickly! After months of very restrained research and reading, in the span of four days I began building a tortoise table, secured part of my veggie garden for tortoise visits (under supervision since its in my front yard and I live in a city), and reserved a redfoot...

My SO is a fish person who is also obsessed with terrariums. She has this idea that we are going to set up a filtered soaking area in the turtle table we're planning, using a pond liner and a canister filter. I'm looking for similar setups and not really seeing anything like it. Has anyone...

Hi! I've just stumbled upon this forum while researching redfoot tortoises in anticipation of owning one in the future. I'm really excited about the prospect of buying or adopting one, but want to make sure I have all my ducks in a row before bringing one home. I do have some questions right...