hingeback tortoise

  1. J

    Homes hinge back tortoise: help and advice about diet,In activity, and worms.

    Hi I just recently bought a homes hingeback tortoise and it’s been about 2 weeks and I have been struggling to get it to eat ever since I brought it home. It’s not being very active it’s not eating and i have tried giving everything it’s save to eat and I im not sure what to do. But I just found...
  2. Kristielllen

    Looking to rehome a bells hingeback

    Hello, I bought what I thought was a spekes hingeback at a reptile expo, come to find out it’s a bells. I think it’s a female, but I’m not positive. I’ve gotten so much good advice on how to help her thrive and the right and wrong things to do, however she is just not doing well with me. I...
  3. TheLastGreen

    Speke enclosure

    Hallo, it's official, I am getting a Speke hingeback. But I'm not sure on the enclosure (i.e. Heating, substrate etc.) I do live in Gauteng, South Africa, so I am rather close to their native range, but I know it's still a big diffrence from the more northern regions, where they are found...
  4. L

    Species ID

    Hi so I understand that a lot of the Speke's Hinge-back Tortoises that have been coming into the use lately are likely to be Bell's. My question is do these look like the same species or distinct species from each other?
  5. 2turtletom

    Enclosure for Home's Hingeback Tortoise

    I had to rework one of my enclosures, a 110 gallon Tuff Stuff Tub, so I decided to make a video of my setups. I use very little light and very low heat for my Home's hingebacks and they are thriving and reproducing! This setup might be applied to other forest tortoise species perhaps. It's not...
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