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Boy, I typed up the post, previewed it and somehow deleted it. Here is goes again. LOL I am making a large indoor enclosure for 2 leopard tortoises. It is 13' X 9'. I am using Arcadia T5 HO 46" 12% bulbs, plus a large basking area. I am ordering a solarmeter today. Originally, I was going to...

I need to upgrade my tortoise enclosure. I have 2 leopards just over a couple years. They are roughly 2.75 and 3 lbs. When can I stop using a closed system? I also need ideas on building materials that they won't destroy as they get older. Is there a nice care sheet for leopards, other than the...

My leopard tortoise has a URI. "She" is about 400g. It appears to be only in the eyes, meaning I am not seeing any bubbles in the nose, just a spot of "goop" in the eye(s) and sometimes unable to open them in the a.m. As the weather was cooling here, night temps dropped to 77 and I didn't...

I have a 2.5 year old male Hermann's named Merlin. I have had him since he was about 45g, and he is now 550g. I have raised him using the advice on tortoise forum. He has no pyramiding at all. He has been in an open top tortoise table since he was about 200g (which @HermanniChris said was okay...

I know it is wishful thinking to be able to sex this early. This guy/gal is 1.75 yrs and 405g. Does this look like a young male to you? Is it possible that s/he will change much in a couple years to actually being a female?

I have a 250g Hermann's. I am upgrading him to an open-top tortoise table. He has been in a closed chamber until now. The table will be 6X3 (an old bookcase). I am worried about providing enough heat and humidity, and pyramiding. He is completely smooth right now! Substrate- I will use a top...

I have a very large male yearly (about 15 months), who is 4" and 200g. His shell is very smooth, because he has been raised following guidelines here! I want to separate him now from the other yearly (since it is now evident at least one is a male). First, what is a decent size for an indoor...

Is this "guy" big enough to sex yet? He is about 155g, and 4 inches (really about 1/8 inch shy of 4"). I am guessing it is a male...

I have been reading through the archives, and I read that hatchlings shouldn't get more than 1-2 hours daily of outdoor living, because it is difficult to create an ideal environment. What about yearlings? I have a Hermann's who is 100 g and another not quite 40 g. I was planning on having them...

I know this has been asked before. I have a Hermann's hatchling. I got "him" Oct. 2015 at 2", and maybe 45 g (I didn't have a scale at that time). In Feb., he was 65 g (first time actually weighed). Now, April 2016, he is 3" and 80 g- and I think he's only 10 months old! All the growth is...

I bought 2 Hermann's hatchlings in October. They are housed together. One is thriving and always has been. The other has always had less activity, and it has gotten worse. The vet can't find anything, except possible dehydration (a couple spots of shed on her face that the other didn't have). I...