health care

Hello everyone, This doesn’t seem urgent and I’ve observed no behavioral changes, but one of my rescued painted turtles appeared to have a piece of skin right behind his eyes that is stuck, making the skin in the surrounding area appear tighter than it should be. This turtle is around 13-15...

Hello, My male Russian tortoise hasn't come out from under his hideaway in over 2 weeks. Dante, my Russian tortoise, is an adult male, but his exact age is unknown. His enclosure is the right size, and his temperatures are all good. I make sure that his temps never fall below 70 degrees. I'm...

Hello all! It’s been a while. Things have been super busy. I have a foot question but first… For reference and context, I have an 6-8 year old (estimated) Hermann’s tortoise. While he was a rehome and not a rescue, the condition of his care in his previous home makes me consider him a rescue...

Just got my first tort, a 1yr old Hermann, last week. Just curious what general health checks do you do? What things to look out for? Also is there any specific things you keep for emergencies? And why? I’ve read a few threads about “first aid kits” but can’t see a lot of explanation about...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum so excuse me if I make any mistakes, I’m also on mobile. Basically to explain this post: Sometimes I feel like a really terrible tortoise owner even though I do my research I feel like I’m not giving him a good enough quality of life. For...

I have had a Russian Tortoise for about 3 years and I notice now and then he makes an exhale sound through his nostrils. I always thought this was something natural as I got used to him making this sound but looking further into it I may have concerns that bugger can emerge.

from where i am, nowadays average temp remains at 42 C (107.6 F) and goes up to 48 C (118.4 F), my turtle most of time is in water but from what i noticed it is more active if its in a open container with minimum a fan turned on, without fan she kind of became dull. so put i her container in...

I bought two female Russian tortoises from a local reptile store. They seem pretty okay when I got them. They were both sleeping and when I picked them up, they looked healthy. they were moving and active! So I got them! They are both babies(2-3 years old) I have another two Russian tortoises...

Hello everyone! Just looking for some thoughts here as I believe my tortoise is healthy just some curious questions. I noticed he/she has some white skin built up around his nails on the back legs. Is this stuck shed or is the skin just growing with the nails. I don’t have an age but I...

I need your help. Hatchling Petunia was doing so so well. Now It is not. Here is the problem: Very lethargic, just lays listlessly under basking area and moves slowly. Has really lost the voracious appetite, although took a few bites when we weren’t watching. and still eats the good stuff...

Hey guys, I wanted to know what supplements I can give my 2 year old tortoise?

(would just like to preface I am taking my tortoise (Timmy) to the vet tomorrow ) I have had Timmy for around 2 years now and got him off a friend who could no longer take care of him anymore. He has always had slight respiratory problems and sneezed a lot etc but has never had trouble eating...

Hi everyone. I went to the vet last week to give my tort an examination and the vet said my tort's poop had germs and protozoa, so they gave me 2 deworming potions to give to the tort every day. Today, a couple of hours ago, I saw a bubble coming from my tort's nose while I was giving him...

Hi my name is Henry my friend bought a sulcata tortoise about 2 years ago he moved away and decided to give him to me his name is Carlos. I don’t know too much about him so I have been reading constantly about how to raise him. I have been feeding him all the greens I can buy going from lettuce...

Hi all! I'm new here and was hoping some of you could help me identify the breed of my lovely tortoise Macky. He's 27cm long which is making me think he's not a Green tortoise, even though he matches those pictures closest. He's an old boy (we think around 70) and I've had him for twenty of...

Hi Everyone I have a 2 year old Marginated tortoise. Has always been very active. I went on vacation for 4 days, came back and the last couple days he wont come out of his shell for anything. Wont bask, eat or drink. I left him a whole head of lettuce and a full dish of water. He ate most of the...

Please help - respiratory infection We had bark as our hermann tortoises substrate which was suggested to us. We think he must have caught himself on it or some furniture and has had sepsis as a result. We took him to the vets for a course of antibiotics (10 injections). The sepsis has gone but...

Hi all, a friend knows I have a sulcata and asked me if I could take on a tortoise from someone else. I said yes just because it seemed they had nowhere else to go and recieved her today. She’s a tiny little Greek tortoise, fortunately she came with her annex certificate so it’s not as dubious...

Hello! Im new to the forum, I have an adult female Russian tortoise that’s about 12-14 years old, we’ve had her 2 years. We live in the Midwest and it’s starting to get really dry in our house, my tortoise’s humidity remains around 40% during the day. Since it has been getting dryer, I’ve been...

I have fasted my hermann for 3 weeks now with daily soaks, where he also drinks, he started to poop a couple days ago but never managed to get it all out. I was waiting for him to pass it ready to put him in the fridge today but he still hasn’t had this poop come out. Do I wait another week and...