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It's not the destination but the journey [emoji14]

Here's a picture of the so-called staple diet:

I've read the food item articles here on the tortoise forum. The stressor has been trying to find the items on it!! For their "Im in a hurry" meal,Here is what I have been feeding my sulcata and leopard tortoise hatchlings: finely chopped mixture of 1 part collard greens, 1 part shredded...

I agree. It was so confusing! Even my coworker, who recently started a tortoise rescue, gave me information on diet that contradicted the tortoise forum. I stick to the tortoise forum now... but at the beginning, tortoise diet felt like a huge frustrating mystery. Felt like hit or miss if I was...

Doing good. She'll be soaked 2x daily for a while!

This is true

What husbandry causes the lighter coloration?

Thank you, I've search all the options listed above as well as the ones in your article. So many look passable, but none really look exactly like the berries I found. Will go to a nursery as suggested above! :)

Solid with soft outer capsule

Only have Texas Oak around the area, no ornamental bushes - 2 "berries" total that I could find to throw out, plus one in the tortoise's belly! I'll definitely be soaking extra. Thanks guys! Prayers that she's okay by morning - afraid about toxicity!

I thought I had the whole area perfect, with only grass and a small pile of leaves to play in, but a strange berry/seed thing was missed, or it may have blown in on the wind?? (only explanation I can think of!) Either way, leave it to Cerce to find the hazard! She swallowed it whole, and I'm...

Lol! Will try the gentle toothbrushing tomorrow during soak - just put him away for the night. I think you are right though - most likely just food and dirt stains :)

That's a good idea - if nothing else it'll get it out of my tortoise's reach!

Mighty Cerberus: Adventurous Cerce:

Awesome, thx guys!

Thank you!!

My yard has lots of weeds that my leopard tortoise seems very attracted to. I think I've identified some as either clover or false clover, plus dandelion leaves, but not sure. None have any flowers and it's kind of the wrong season to expect any flowers anytime soon. There's also tiny...

Glad to hear! My suggestion is to continue for just a day or two. While extra antibiotics couldnt hurt per se, putting in medications can be a stresser on the animal. Even so, with that piece gone, I would suggest continuing for a day or two. If you notice any changes from the improvement, you...

Zooming in to your picture, it does look less like an ulcer. Hopefully it is not.

Strangely sounds like an ulcer even though I see you already have her on tobramycin. Your description and cause match perfectly. They turn ugly in 2 days or less, and sounds like it's already down that path. Hopefully a vet will shed more light on it! *EDITED