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We are guessing a boy, but i still think it might be too soon? What do the experts think?

I honestly never thought i could love something like a tortoise as much as i do! He's got such a little personality and it's all down to my wife and her 10 years of "pestering" for a tortoise! I thought i'd share a few snaps of him with you all, as well as take this as a chance for a "review" of...

Hi guys/ gals. Can someone please take a look at George and how he walks. I've noticed that when he's outside, he tends to prefer to... be lazy and not really raise himself off the floor. he's not a dragging of his back legs as he does use them to move forwards. While hes inside, he's constantly...

For the last few days now, we noticed that George wasn't opening his left eye, We naturally gave him a bath and he sure enough opened it. However it looks more sunken than his left and his eye lid looks as though he has damaged it? Each day the same, he doesn't open it until we bath him. A few...

This is the second time he has had this. the first time we thought it was a cut that was healing as a scab. it looks more like a loose scale, that he has caught with his claw when eating.. or a sort of growth of skin. It did impede how he opened his mouth as when it is dry, it was probably...

Over the last week, i have noticed a swelling forming on his left cheek. its solid to touch, doesn't seem to bother him when you touch it and isnt' making him behave any different. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? Thank you for any help you can give.

Last week we noticed that it looked as if he had caught his jaw with his claw. He always uses his claws to push food around to the front of his mouth. It looked a little swollen and a scale looked to have been lifted slightly. We bathed him twice a day and now the scale has fallen off and looks...

Three days ago, i noticed as he went to eat his breakfast that he was hesitant to open his mouth more than a tiny amount. He does this a few times until finally opening more. Once hes opened and got a bit of food inside he seems happier to open like normal. But next time he comes to eat, seems...

Just thought i'd share a few pictures i snapped today of George chowing down on his lunch, we have had him a whole year a few weeks back. Hes doubled in weight, although we dont really see the growth until we look back at the day 1 picture! First day at home! (5 weeks old or so) weighed 26...

Hi forum My George who is between 12 and 16 months old recently (about 2-3 months ago) started sleeping for days at a time. If we leave him to his own devices it can be anywhere between 2 and 4 days before he gets up of his own accord. We took a poo sample to the vets for tests. All of which...

I'm a little concerned with my George, the last two days, he's seemed off. He comes out in the morning, sits under his lamp to warm up (30-32C) but just doses there for most of the day, He will move to feed a little, but not as much as he normally would, we have left overs!! (Hes a greedy one...

Just noticed a few things on my Georges shell today, being new to this i wondered if this is normal, or could be something to be concerned about? What are these white circles? (what i circled in red) And what is this, it isn't flaky, and doesn't smell or anything. (circled in blue) PS. just...

Hi forum! long time viewer finally decided to show his face, Well, his little torts face! This is George, (well we think, it could be a Georgie?) We got him/her when he was around 5 weeks old, or so we were told. We rescued him from the shop, where he was being kept in a vivarium with 5 other...