hermanns baby

Our young Hermann’s tortoise has recently been acting quite “strange”. Sometimes it will stay still for long periods of time and sometimes move in and out of its shell quite quickly (it looks a bit like shaking) Link to video showing the tortoises behaviour: Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, My first ever tortoise will be arriving on Friday. I have gone down a rabbit hole and I keep seeing posts about their hatchling dying. I know that sometimes it can happen, but can I get all the advice y'all have to avoid this? I am listing what I have bought so far and would love...

Hello, I have a ~3 month old hermanns tortoise that I got about 1.5 months ago. So far, we've gone through a few phases where at first, he burrowed all the time, then was super active exploring his enclosure for about 6 hours a day, and now, for the past few days, he's been sleeping all day and...

Hi, I just got a baby hermann's tortoise a couple weeks ago. He's about 2 months old and he's adjusting well but I'm finding that he's a picky eater. I think my temperatures are okay. His enclosure is large enough for 3 main climates: basking area (92-100 degrees), warmer area (85-90), and...

Anyone elses tort always making a complete mess in their water dish? 🤣 these pictures were taken within the span of only a few hours 🤣🤣🤣 he cant get enough of going inside and outside his water dish dragging everything with him multiple times a day 😭🤣

Hello everyone, my name is Tori and I am a new tort mommy to our little Bo who hatched on Jan. 16, 2021 and came home to us on March 2, 2021. Photos below are of our baby and his enclosure. You'll see his enclosure is a tortoise table (2' x 4'), half covered with a "water proof" tarp to keep...