help and advice

We have a 2 year-old Horsfield tortoise named Koopa. She lives indoors in a well-sized tortoise table. The basking area of her enclosure is 35°C, and the cool end is 20°C. She has access to hides, and a shaded segment at the end of her enclosure which is a little colder and darker than the rest...

Hello, my boy Tank is a Hermann’s tortoise who is around 11 years old. I’ve had him since I was little and was NOT educated on how to properly take care of him, and have recently been nonstop researching and building a better environment for him for the past two years. I want my tort to have the...

Hello, 2 days ago, I found this tortoise in my garden. I just gave it a low saucer with water in case it was thirsty, but as we sometimes have hedgehogs crossing the garden, i didn't think much of it. Turns out it didn't plan on leaving and has stayed in the vegetable garden since. I examined it...

I recently built my 7 year old tort a new enclosure, L210xD80xH66cm and got him a new tub because he loves to soak. He was wary of it at first because the tub is black and he can't see the bottom, but now he spends more time in it than anywhere else. I'm worried because he'll often choose to...

Found a sulcata walking around and we brought him to our backyard to stay for a bit until we find an owner. Never had a tortoise, so please forgive my inexperience, just wanted to make sure it was doing alright. He doesn't seem to eat the hay we brought him in, and seems very lazy, and croaks a...

I discovered these red marks underneath my tortoises’ shell. What could this be? Is it normal or should I be concerned

the whitish grey areas look a bit odd to me, I can use my nail and scrape off the grey stuff a little which concerned me. Is this shell rot or some sort of fungus?

Hi everyone! 😊 (Foreword: so sorry if this has been posted already or I’m posting on the wrong place) I’m in the process of getting everything ready for my first ever Russian tortoise — most likely an adolescent or young adult — and I want to make sure I’m doing everything right from day...

My tortoise has been with me for over 5 years now. We are a family of four and my tort recognizes everyone and love us too to the point he would just follow us until we take him and cuddle him. But 3 of us left for one month (we do so every year) and my father took care of him for this month...

Hello, im new here and i dont know if im doing this right, but im posting here to get help for my turtle 'Bolt'. He is a 1 year old Red Eared Slider turtle. Recently (3-4 days) his eyes have swollen a bit, and he opens them very less now. he swims without opening them and opens it very...

Hey guys! So I need help figuring out what to do with this tortoise and his enclosure. (for reference herman is like 2 and a half years old now. Im not too sure the guy was not specific when he sold me him but I bought him when he was 1) Currently he has a vivarium with these dimensions, Length...

Hello, I have recently adopted Sheldon, a 5 year old Russian tortoise last week. I took him to a vet today who advised he has been severely neglected by his previous owners. As a result has metabolic bone disease. Sheldon can’t carry himself when he walks so he seems to shuffle on the floor...

Hey guys over the time I’ve owned him I’ve said this a few times but I just need to ask. Cool side has been boosted to 29 degrees c, and under heat lamp it’s 37 degrees c (well hot side anyways). He always gets it after a bath for like 8 full days but this one has lasted like 3 weeks, yes I’ve...

Hi there I owned a hermann tortoise for around 14 years and I’m bit confused since I owned her she always been on grass pellets i did try her on top soil like I was suggested by someone from a Facebook group but she wasn’t happy and wouldn’t move anywhere. just need some help with what is...

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 all, I noticed today that my Hermann's has some scales that have recently grown down over his nostrils. I've attached two images from yesterday with the current growth and a third slightly older photo before it for reference. He's not shown the slightest change in behaviour, but I'm concerned...

Hello, I’ve had my Sulcata, Tortilla, for a couple years now. It gets cold at night in the winter in Phoenix, so I have a heat lamp in his outdoor burrow (he lives in the backyard.) I’m not sure if he’s too big now or what, but randomly we saw this on the poor guy’s bum and I’m devastated...

Hey guys, new to the forum but we always read and can normally use advice from others to see what problem is or not with mine. Please see attached photos, has anyone seen these issues before? Thanks any advice would be great

I was putting Herman in the bath then seen this, Is this normal? Don’t watch if you don’t like to see poop

Hello, I’m a very new here and have some questions regarding buying/making a new enclosure for our Hermann tortoise. Most enclosures for sale on Amazon/wayfair/etc. are made of cedar panels and every thing I have read says that cedar is extremely toxic. Now is this just cedar shavings/bedding or...