help and advice

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...

Hello, this is my first post but I've been reading this forum religiously for months now. Unfortunately my first post is a very sad one, I purchased 2 baby redfoots which I recieved on Sept. 30, I was told they were roughly 3 months at the time and they weighed in at 68.5 & 63 grams. When I...

My baby turtle is around 1-2 inches and has a hard time eating her pellets hard. she is blind and i have to hand feed her. becasue her pellets are hard and she cant eat them i let them sit in the tank before feeding her. this morning i noticed the back side of her shell above her tail is soft...

I got my russian tortoise, Emmet, a couple weeks back. She is in a 50in long, 16in wide, and around 12 inches high wood enclosure built by my dad. I am new to owning a tortoise though i tried doing as much research as possible, she is near a window, has a heat lamp, is on an assorted veggie...

I have noticed recently that a 30+ year old female Desert Tortoise I care for has developed a mold like pattern on/in her shell. She is mostly kept outside during Spring/Summer in the southern United States. During Winter/Fall is kept indoors with a heat lamp and usually in a large concrete...

My ablino RES wont eat nothing but shrimp cuz she uses her smell cuz she cant see very well what do i do i tried feeding her pellets but she just spits them out. i soak the shrimp in vitimins so she gets what she needs and she barely will eat vegtables help!

Hi, I am a teenager who recently came into possession of a Tunisian tort. This is my first time owning one, so forgive me if this is a silly question. My dad is very fond of the garden, and has been trying to get the lawn nice again for the last few years. He uses a product called Miracle Gro...

Hi I have two marginated tortoises, they are both 3 years old and about 5-6 inches long. Can I sex them? If so here are some pics. Thanks!

Hello! so I just recently got my tortoise a table top box enclosure and I’m moving him from a terrarium to the box and I’m having trouble trying to adjust the temperature. For the hot side directly under the heat lamp it’s around 80 F and on the cool side it’s around 68 F. I use a 100W CRE and...

I have about a six month old sulcata tortoise. I went to check on him today and notice his shell was was black. I am really concerned about him. He is moving, eating, and not showing any symptoms. He is behaving normal for him. I gave him a bath and moved him from his outside enclosure. He has...

Hello all my tortoise is around 2 years old and has suddenly stoped eating he is drinking and is still moving about but I I’ve noticed a small cut on his neck and that his nose seems to be a little bit runny I was just wondering if any one could help before I take him to the vets as I’m a bit...

My 5 year old sulcata started acting weird yesterday very lethargic just sitting in her little pool. She had no interest in the mazuri I thought maybe she was dehydrated so I gave her foods rich in water content and I did that today too she did perk up but she still seems lethargic she will get...

So I rescued a turtle with both her front legs, one of back legs is missing a foot, the other leg is completely gone. I built her an enclosure and she seems to love it, but I think she may be gravid? She hasn’t been eating the last few days. Thursday she stayed in her water all day, Friday she...

I’ve noticed my tortoise having these weird brown absecessss on its neck and legs, I’m worried it can be Myiasis, aka fly strike. It’s on both sides of his legs. I’m worried but I don’t want to have him to take him into the vet if I don’t need to. Has anyone ever experienced this before and...

Hello! I got a Russian tortoise yesterday. She is about one they think. I got her from a vet that someone just left there. This is her full day here and she is just sleeping under the heat lamp. She ate yesterday but today hasn’t touched it. Am I doing something wrong here? She will just stay in...

I need some help, I'm a new Russian Tortoise owner and my female tortoise is now spending all day trying to escape her new enclosure. I just put her in this new enclosure this Saturday the 24th. I used to house her a 40 gallon glass terrarium and after a while I knew that was too small even with...

My tort has been making non stop sex noises and tries to mate with everything. He ejaculates everywhere and my family is getting tired of cleaning up tortoise semen. This has gone on for months now. It’s gotten to a point where he’ll stop eating if he spots anything that he thinks he can mate...

Hey guys so I’ve had my baby leopard tortoise for around 6 month now! He’s my first tortoise so I’m new at this! When I had him only for a few weeks i noticed he made noises and had small bubbles out of his nose! I did a lot of research and saw a lot of different things it could be like...

These red splotches just appeared on my tort. The one on his neck is slightly raised. Anyone have any experience with this that can help? I’m trying to get an appointment for the vet but they are really booked

I recently acquired a turtle from a family member. The turtle spent most of his 25 years of life in a dismal situation. He inside on glass and flat newspaper in a ten gallon tank all of his life, no bedding or substrate, among rotting iceberg lettuce and cat food and absolutely suffocatingly...