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Bramble is almost a year old so I wanted to make a post celebrating and also thought I'd give a run down on all my husbandry with him, since I'm new to posting on here and he's also my first tortoise. Just want to share and see if anyone has any thoughts or advice, if maybe I've missed any...

Hi Im getting my russian tortoise a 6 foot by 3 foot gardenbed as a enclosure. I need to put this enclosure on a 2nd floor so it can't be heavy. I was thinking all coco coir but I heard it can cause my tortoise irritation and orchid bark is too expensive. Let me know what substrate i should use...

Hi there, I realize this isn’t a tortoise question but an aquatic turtle question. Has anyone kept an FRT and what advice could you give on keeping them? At what age/shell size would I need to upgrade to a bigger tank. I’ve gotten mixed information on growth rates and timelines. I has hoping to...

I went hiking in southern GA/SC state line. I know there are common gopher tortoises here. I think this is a redfoot we found on a trail, his/her shell is all white. They do burn the forest undergrowth around here to keep everything maintained is that what happened to this guy? I didn’t disturb...

The new enclosure holds humidity maybe a bit too well (80-95%), so there's a lot of moisture collecting at the plastic cover that drips down into the soil and makes it wet. I try to turn the soil whenever I see that it's too moist, but today I noticed there's a lot of mold forming on the...

Hey guys, I currently have an open top enclosure for my baby greek but its hard to keep the humidity up without keeping him wet. So i am looking to get a closed enclosure and wanted to know what your experiences are with enclosures like in these pictures. And probably everyone is gonna just...

Hey, I just got two baby leopard tortoises about four days ago. I got all the UV light things and the heat lamp in the heated mirror and the humidifier. I’m just trying to figure out where do I buy grass because I think I seen that it’s best for them for majority of their diet they have grass do...

Hi everyone, I have a ~13 year old painted turtle rescue that I’ve had around 8 years now. He is a male Easter painted. For the past few nights I have noticed that he will spend several hours at the surface making a gulping gesture, but only at night once the lights are off. During the day...

I’m upgrading my box turtle to a 5x2x2. Reptifiles says to have a proper gradient, you need to have a t5 HO 5.0 that is around half the enclosure in length. Franklins current uvb is 22” long, is that close enough for about half the enclosure being 6in off, or should I get another foot long bulb...

Hi people! Before my 5 days at work I wet up Herman’s vivarium and went away, my parents fed him etc but I didn’t interact at all for 5 days. During coming back his vivarium oddly stinks, it’s not super strong but when I opened up it and then got close u can smell it, it kinda smells like an...

So, sorry again for posting. I’ve been at work today and my Hermann tortoise ate an entire strawberry as my parents decided to think he could eat it. Now I’m like 99% sure he CANNOT eat a strawberry but please someone tell me otherwise. Now say he shouldn’t have ate it, what are the...

Hello everyone! I hope you and all your tortoise friends are doing well. I asked a couple questions on reddit and was recommended to ask here as well. I plan on getting a Russian tortoise and I currently live in an apartment so it would be an indoor enclosure. I linked the enclosure I plan on...

Hello! My tortoise (testudo hermanni boettgeri 4 yrs old) has an underbite. I rescued it from my cousin because he got it for his kids and was keeping it in bad living conditions (inside glass enclosure with a very small layer of soil, no uvb, only feeding lettuce and dandelion leaves). It has a...

Hi, i recently got a redfoot tortoise. I got her on friday afternoon after being placed in her terrarium she immediately went into her hot hide and hasnt left for food or water yet to my knowledge, but the food ive left in there looks untouched and water in her saucer is pristine. I know they...

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...

Hi all, in need of advice, I’ve recently taken in a leopard tortoise from someone I know, he’s roughly 4 years old and has some bad pyramiding. He was in a small vivarium and I’ve recently built him a new enclosure. He’s not happy and not coming out but think it’s going to take some getting used...

Heya peeps, Been a bit since I posted on here as things have definitely improved with Herman. (again original name I know), For those whom know nothing about Herman, he is about 1 years old, I say its a he for easiness honestly could be any gender, I recently weighed him and he is now 72 grams...

I’ve started caring for a Russian tortoise who lives at my work in a tank. Please know I’m aware a 2 x 3 table isn’t enough room, but this is the space available for now. Bigger things in the future. This will double his current space he’s been living in for years so I’m happy to improve things...

Hiya, I'm new here, so not entirely sure how this works, but I rlly need some help & advice. I have 2, seven year old Mediterranean tortoises, which I keep in a heated greenhouse, with access to an outdoor area. However, one of my tortoise hasn't been seen since yesterday afternoon, in the...

Hello, I've moved cherry and berry into a new home (pictures attached) and I have some questions about lighting. Its fall here in MN and I noticed that they were slowing down and eating less, which seems like it's normal for cherryheads. I also have seen a lot of conflicting advice on basking...