advice needed

Hello, this is my first time posting on here. I have a tortoise named Piccolo who has been having health issues (or possibly brumating, but I am unsure). He barely eats and has been very lethargic, these symptoms started in early June. I recieved Piccolo unexpectedly in February. He was being...

I'm moving into my college dorm room in 3 weeks and still need to get an enclosure to take with me for my Russian tortoise. He is currently in a 60-gallon long glass tank 48x18x16. My parents and college housing have recommended I downsize his tank but I'd never do that. I have limited space but...

hey everyone, this is my first time posting here, so please bear with me! i have some pretty specific questions about caring for my juvenile russian tortoise, and i've spent hours reading threads on here, from the pinned care sheets to hyper-specific situational questions, yet i'm still a bit...

My dad had this tortoise since his 20s (so would be about 50 years ago). If it helps, we live in Southern California. Someone gave it to him (unfortunately, I think but cannot confirm they took him from the wild) but no idea where he physically came from. I am trying to find a good home for him-...

Hi! I let my russian tortoise free roam in the backyard while I watched him, but quickly took him back inside due to him trying to dig under the fence and eat some weeds. I immediately put him back inside his cage because I did not want him to become even more distressed from a bath (another new...

So I got a baby red foot earlier this month. She’s been awesome and I love watching her! I’ve got her in a 50 gallon storage container with a mulch, coco fiber, and leaf substrate. I mist every morning and night. She gets a warm soak every day. And she got a cool and a warm side of her enclosure...

Hello again, I will get straight to the point since the matter is urgent. Some people have planted 11 tortoise eggs in our construction for whatever superstitious reasons. One of them fell as we were collecting them and it slightly cracked. There was no leakage but the inner shell soft layer is...

First post here, and let me just say I am blessed to have found y’all. I have a 5-6 year old sulcata with some horrible growth stunt. She’s maybe 6 inches and weighs 330g, which is HORRIBLY undersized. I hadn’t realized just how far behind she was in her growth until this year. I never had a...

Hi, So, I have a bit of any emergency, the light for my russian tortoise went out, but because he's new and I got him from a friend, I have no idea what bulb she was using. About 2 days ago the light went out and hasn't turned back on. I'm managing to keep my torotise warm by letting him walk...

This is my first time ever doing anything like this. I have the pond dug, it's 570 gallons or right now, I will probably enlarge it some too. There's a deeper portion in the middle that's 2 feet right now maybe make it 3, and the 9ftx7ft rest of the pond is about a foot and has some sloping...

Hi guys, I am new here. I have done tons of research on this forum but I still have some questions to make sure I’m doing everything correctly. I am going to explain how I plan on setting up its enclosure until it gets big/old enough to have it outside. The desert tortoise I have is a hatchling...

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some identification advice. I’m not sure what species my tortoise is. I inherited him and i’m not sure of his backstory. I love him to absolute bits and I just want to know how best to care for him. Everywhere I seemed to look, I could only find the tortoises that...

Just bought a month old sulcata born may 26 he keeps his mouth open and kinda breaths weird. I have had turtles but never a tortoise but did do research and the lady told me that his mouth will be open because he is a month old and has to get those jaw muscles going. (I have never heard of that)...

Hey y'all! First post on here and im so excited i found this forum. I live in south florida and have a red foot tortoise that we are looking to move outside. I havent had the yard to be able to give him the outside life he deserves so im so excited for him to thrive outside. Im looking for...

I live in Central Florida. After doing some research, I noticed that one of the most commons mistakes is not having enough humidity (80%) in the enclosure for Red-Footed tortoise and other species. Our AC is running around 72-69 F from 6pm-7pm to 6am-7am. After that the house is kept at 76 F...

I am about to get 2 baby red foot tortoises, any tips and advice for them? And what is a good enclosure?

Hello This thread is about my families tortoise Terry. He is meditaranean and I think Greek. I can find his detail soon by talking to my mum. Recently we have been having trouble with the uv lights. We regularly let him roam the house and sometimes outside in summer. What we have: Infra red...

My baby red foot tortoise is having problems with her back leg. I’m scared a lizard might have attacked her while in her enclosure outside. Her back right leg is completely missing claws and the skin is peeling off. I’ve been washing the area with baby soap and applying Betadine solution and...

My Tortoise (Tortilla) has just turned 3 and has rapidly outgrown the first enclosure that we made for her. I've asked around on the forum and apparently, she is already quite large for her age. The plan: I have chosen a space for her enclosure (About 3 ½ feet by 7 ½ feet.) Her substrate will...