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Hello, been a while... How are you all! I last posted when Pebble was not eating properly so i took her to the vets. I asked if she was going blind because she always missed her food and all the vet said is that she was constipated. She then went into hibernation in the enclosure around...

Hello, been a long long time since ive been on the forums... So hello again! Ive recently got a new job at a nursery and i found that there is a poorly looked after 'turtle' there. They call it a turtle and it hardly even has a water dish. There is no uv and no heat bulb (the one in the picture...

Hi, spotted this on Pebble's face earlier today, it is smaller than a pin head and jumps, can't believe i spotted it. I had to use a 20x clip on macro lens to get this picture but could only get the underside. Does anyone know what it is and if it could cause any harm to her. Any replies much...

Hi, its been a while. Pebble for a few weeks hasn't been eating as much as she usually does. I thought it was due to her trying to hibernate but she seems to want to eat but is only opening her mouth a tiny bit, hesitating and kind of just closing her mouth on the food without actually biting...

Hi, its been a while since I've been on here. I've just got a few questions on the UVB tubes. At the moment i have the arcadia d3 MVB and its been nearly a year since i got it, Ive realised i need to change it because the UV rays have probably ran out or are near to running out. Im thinking...

Hello, Pebble has got into a bad habit of biting me. She never used to but now whenever my hand is close to her face she tries to bite. Is there a way of stopping this?

Hi, just wanted to know if her beak is overgrown. And if it is how i can trim it.

Hi, just wanted to know if it is safe to put moss in a tortoise enclosure. I've already got sphagnum moss but i wanted to grow some in it too, i'm not sure what it is called but it looks like this:

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Hello, I bought these plants thinking they they would look pretty in my tortoises enclosure, the only problem is it doesn't specify what they are. I'm not very good at plant names, and just wanted to know what they are, and if they are safe for Pebble.

Hello again, This morning, Pebble, my russian, had food stuck in her mouth for around 10-15 mins. I was already late to college but i couldn't leave as I thought she was choking. She looked pretty stressed out, her eyes went all puffy and she kept trying to remove it herself. I tryed to get it...

My first idea is getting an old multicolour pen (no ink inside) and using the the colour selection levers to hold the food, if that makes sense. Pebble loves this, she spends a lot of time trying to eat the food. If you have a bigger tortoise you could use one of those jumbo pens. Make sure...

Hello, My tortoise is a 1 year old russian and is about 2.5 inches, I weigh her ever week and she is always around 60g. Is she overweight?

Hi, again I was told by the seller that my russian is female but after looking at some pictures i'm not so sure. Is she male or female? Sorry if its really obvious, i'm new to tortoise keeping.

Hello, My name is Erin and I am 14 and live in the UK. I got my russian tortoise, Pebble, in august when she was 10 months old. I did about 6-7 months of research before getting her and got her enclosure all set up a few weeks before she arrived. She seemed to settle in very well, she was...