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Brain trust, I wanted to get some guidance and thoughts on a few things. I have wanted a tortoise for a long time, and finally was in a life/financial position where I could appropriately care for one. I thus took in a 3-year old male Eastern Hermann's from a lady who raised him from a...

Hello, this is Tortellini, I’m pretty sure it’s a girl and she is 11 months old right now. She is my first one and I wanted to know how she looked to other more experienced tortoise caretakers. I’ve been very cautious of pyramiding and her weight. She is 5inch from shell to head and weighs...

Hello everyone, Im having an extremely difficult time identifying my tortoise. I took her in from a neglected home and I have been doing everything in my power since day one to give her the life she deserves. I've narrowed her down to being a testudo tortise and i believe she could be a...

Hello! I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a heat bulb for my Russian tortoise? Thanks!

Hi everyone, About three weeks ago me and my family adopted 2 baby russian tortoises from a neglectful nursing home, which we named robin and franky. Most everything has been going great so far they have a much greater variety of food and environments here and get all the attention they need...

I have a russian named Corbin. I am moving soon, my new apartment does not have a place for them. I don't have any family or friends that can take them right now. What should I do? I've been worried that I'm not prepared enough for this as I've only had them for a short time. Any...

Hello! My name is Marijke, and I’m relatively new to this forum. I hope I’m posting my question in the right place. If not, my apologies! Last year, I inherited a tortoise from my grandparents after they both passed away. I have no idea how old the tortoise is; it has been around for my entire...

Hi (I’m from the UK) I’m looking into owning a tortoise in a few months and I’m wondering if any UK pre made set ups are worth it. I want to do my own lighting set up and add brackets for both a strip light and one for heating. Any ideas?

Hello I recently received a baby eastern Hermann tortoise. He is doing great eating and stuff like that but I have a question about this movement he is doing. He sorta flinches every now and then when basking. Like he almost looks like he is going to vomit. He hasn’t been vomiting and he bas...

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well. I am interested in getting Central American wood turtles in the future. Far future I should add. So I wanted to see if anyone can give me information on how to set up there enclosure and what I may need? It would an indoor enclosure for most of the time...

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well today. I am starting this thread because I just purchased my first baby Herman today. He will arrive on Tuesday around 0900. My habitat is set up for him and I have gotten the temps and humidity right. Just need to add a few mesh vent hoods for...

So two days ago my wife and I came across a store that had sulcatta tortoises. The one we took home was very adventurous and loved climbing the little half log in his tank with his siblings. We took him home and named him Kenny. Got him his own tank, heat lamp which gets turned on/off in 12hr...

Hello, hope everyone is doing well. I am trying to set up lighting for my enclosure prior to getting a tortoise. I have a 55 gallon enclosure for one Herman’s tortoise. Actually I am in the process of getting all I will need for the enclosure. My questions are these: 1. How many light should I...

Does anyone have any information on MorphMarket in Memphis TN? I live near that area and I am thinking of buying a tortoise from them. Wanted to know if they were a good breeder.

Hi, So, I have a bit of any emergency, the light for my russian tortoise went out, but because he's new and I got him from a friend, I have no idea what bulb she was using. About 2 days ago the light went out and hasn't turned back on. I'm managing to keep my torotise warm by letting him walk...

Hi, about two months ago I posted that I got a new Russian Torotise and needed some advice about his enclosure and pretty much everything. The responses were amazing and they truly helped a lot. Since then, I have updated his enclosure to a bigger size and changed his substrate. The other day I...

Hello! I’ve been looking into getting a red foot tortoise, I am located in south florida and from my research figured this would be the best species for the area. I have already found a local breeder and plan to pick one up once we have everything ready but I’m finding so much conflicting...

Hi, I am making a new tortoise enclosure for red-footed tortoises that I will be getting soon. It will be 520 cm long, 210 cm wide, and 150 cm high. I live in Ireland, so it will be in an insulated shed. I am getting 3 females and 1 male. Could you recommend whether mercury vapour lights or full...

Hi All, I am a newbie member to the forum (in fact its my first time ever posting on any forum!) and to Tortoise ownership in general. We purchased Twig the Horsfield (which I think I am right in saying is aka a Russian tortoise) on 28th April and we think 'he' is approx. 6 months old. I wanted...

Hello All, I'm after some advice please. I live in the Middle East and bought two tortoises from a pet shop, I was only going for one but the conditions they were being kept in were pretty poor. I got them home and they've got the run of the ground floor of the house with a heat lamp for...