indian star tortoise

Hello, I have an Indian Star Tortoise. I had it roughly 1.5 years back and ever since the onset of the winters last year, he has stopped eating and pooping completely. I take every measure. Basking lights, warm water bath. Nothing seemed to help. Just today, he pooped very little and that's...

Hi TortoiseForum, I am Andy, and my little buddy Speedy is an Indian star tortosie. He's been with us for over fourteen years now. This is just sharing a little about him. He is an active little fellow but throws a lot of tantrums at times. Sharing a few pictures of him. Questions that I have...

My nine year old Indian Star Tortoise seems to have passed some kind of stone... pictures attached. Any ideas?

A nonchalant Joni pretending she wasn’t trying to buy tat off eBay again.

Our Burmese Star, Rainbow, just passed 600 grams. Enjoying time in the shade.

My Indian star having some din

Sadly, my Male Indian Star Tortoise Nostradamus, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. I was pretty upset and dumbfounded but I knew I wanted to preserve his shell. I posted on one of the local facebook groups asking for someone who could do this and was luckily enough to meet a man named Ryan...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping that someone here can help me. Yesterday, I picked up my hatchling Indian Star. What I had set up in his enclosure prior to his arrival was a 100W ZooMed MVB on a ZooMed light stand. As of now, he's in a ZooMed Tortoise House until he gets larger. To compensate for the...

Hi all, I built a new enclosure for my 9 month old Indian Star a couple of weeks ago and after a bit of tweaking I think it’s ready to share. I don’t expect it’ll be big enough for more than a couple of years but for now 2’x3’ is as much space as I can give her. She gets daily stretches...

Hi I'm new to this site, just joined as wanted to know about my four year old Indian star. I weight it every month and it usually put on 3 grams each time. Has done for the past 3 years and currently weighs 87g following a drop of 5g during last month. Last year there was also a drop of 5g in...

Looking for Indian Star tortoise & red eared slider in mumbai... Any breeders here? Pls reply

Hi! I have recently got a 3 year old Indian star tortoise male. We have only had him a couple of days but he has burrowed into the corner of his table and barely moved since. I'm presume that's because he a little scared and overwhelmed still but I just want to check that nothing is seriously...

Hey everybody I'm new here, I just wanted some help with regard to my baby Indian star tortoises, I have two at the moment and I'm not an experienced keeper of the two. I have a male and a female, Michaelangelo and Raphael respectively. Raphael is the little one, she doesn't eat as she used to...

Hi everyone, Been taking care of Indian star tortoises for almost 6 months now. Healthy, active and having good appetite. I've few questions regarding diet and substrate/enclosure. Diet - Okra, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Jasmine leaves and flowers, Coriander leaves. Please let me know if I need to...

Greetings, I am selling my pair of young adult Indian Star Tortoises. I purchased them in June of 2017 from a local pet store. They informed me that the individuals were around 5-7 years old, and raised in Florida before he had purchased them to sell. I have kept them for the past two years...

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I had been using a variety of different greens and other things, but I'm looking to enrich my male indian star tortoise more? Are there any foods that I could buy in the store or get online that would be good for him?

I have a captive bred hatchling Redfooted Tortoise. I was considering getting a captive bred hatchling Sri Lanka Star Tortoise. Is it at all possible to house them together? I have seen several replies say nay but from what I’ve seen their temperature and humidity setup is very similar. I keep...

Hi All, We have two baby tortoise (twins - from the same egg). Recently we went on holiday for Christmas and left both Elmo and Leon at a pet boarding. When we came back yesterday Elmo looked very weak and puffy, he didn't opened his eyes at all. The vivarium in which they were kept was...

I've recently switched my 5 juvenile Indian stars (5-6cm; 55-90 g) from a 200x60 cm enclosure to an 120x60cm enclosure, to make room for 2 Aldabras that I'll be receiving soon. I always had the feeling that they were only using half of the larger enclosure. I intend to move them back to the...