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Good day! I purchased a custom tortoise table second hand, and it has a light fixture mounted to it that allows for three halogen flood bulbs to be placed inside it. The person that sold it to me linked me to these bulbs, saying that is all they ever used in the fixture, as it provided basking...

Hello! I adopted a 2 year old Russian tortoise from my local shelter yesterday! His care seems a bit more manageable than that of the larger African species, but I was wondering what the best substrate to use for his enclosure indoors would be? The pet store care guide recommends reptile bark...

Hello! I recently joined after the passing of my baby leopard tortoise. I joined to learn from experienced keepers what I can do better in the event I was ready to try again. Well, it's been a few weeks and a tortoise has turned up at my local shelter. So, I called the shelter to get more...

Hello! I recently lost a 2-3 month old leopard hatchling after a month long ordeal of antibiotics and force feeding. To increase my knowledge base for the future, I wanted to describe his enclosure a bit and see if I could have made some changes there for his betterment. He was an itty bitty...

Hello! My name is Thomas Lamar, but you can call me Tom. I am quite new to the tortoise keeping hobby. In mid-May, I purchased a hatchling baby Leopard Tortoise from a reptile expo in my city. He was the cutest little thing, but I immediately realized something wasn't right. He rarely opened...