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hey everyone my name is Jessie and about 6 months ago my boyfriend and I jumped head first into being new tortoise owners. We made an extremely rash decision and bought two tortoises from a shady at best exotic pet store. One of them is a lovley Russian named wrinkles that I am estimating to be...

Hello Tortoise and Turtle lovers, My husband and I have always wanted to keep a turtle and we finally had the chance to get one. We have done a lot of research but still appreciate advice from more experienced box turtle parents! A little bit about our new baby: Her name is Clementine (due to...

Hi! I have just collected 2 tortoises and I am overjoyed! I was given them by a friend who could no longer look after them but I felt very ill prepared! Been to the reptile shop to get advice and before they moved in managed the following set up: -Tort table (approx 4ft by 2ft) -Corn...

Hi all! I have always loved tortoises but have never owned one. My husband surprised me today with two testudo tortoises for Christmas! They are a male and a female, I'm not sure of their age. He got them from Petsmart. We currently have them in a 40 gallon glass terrarium and I've since...

I'm new to this.. i have a lot of questions about our torts health. My family has 3 sulcata torts, around 2 years old. As they've gotten older, one of them has just stopped getting bigger. Myrtle and Rafael are huge, while Tucker is half their size. I recently found out that torts need lots of...

Hello everyone! My name's Kieran from Northern Ireland and after years of research and want, I finally bought my first ever tortoise today! It is a Hermann's tortoise and I named it Alaska after my favourite drag queen - as we can not tell if it's a he or she (hope you all appreciate what I...

Howdy folks! My name is Carmen, and my son Manny and I have adopted the cutest Russian Tortoise, Kamakazi. We built an awesome enclosure, with a sunny side and a shady side. The lid folds back and becomes a bench. We've read all kinds of posts on this tread to do our research, and are very...

I've gotten a lot of information from this forum for my sulcata. I've read all kinds of stuff here but just now decided to join. I had one sulcata that died because I didn't know I was being sold a sick baby by a pet store. I spoke with a breeder and she confirmed the baby was sick when I got it...

Hi. I'm looking at getting into owning at tortoise. I mostly need help with finding websites that I can uses to get the turtle (Or stores) and what I need to get.

We were gifted a Sulcatta temporarily for a few years for a traveling family member. Never had a reptile, but willing to learn. Problem is what I've heard from relatively new owner that left it with me, what I've read thanks to Google, and now what in these threads conflict. Alot! Tortoise...

My family is new to owning a baby tortoise. We have a sulcata tortoise we got last october, from day one it was active and healthy. Recently we began to worry as our little tortoise has become lethargic, hardly eats if it even does, hides a lot in its shell, and the worst part is that it will no...

For the last 2 years I have wanted and researched getting a tortoise, and finally the week has arrived! We will collect Kevin this week and I'll introduce him properly then... for now here's some questions, info and pictures! Kevin is a 2.5 year old Hermann's Tortoise, bred in the UK by a local...

Sorry I forgot to introduce myself before posting a help question. I did give a small background in the help request, lol Anyway, I grew up with Arkansas box type turtles. My grandparents moved to Arkansas when I was young. On my summer visits I would bring one home until I had 5, I only...

I'm still in the research phase. I've read enough to make my head spin! After a couple of years of debate, we have decided we will get a tortoise. I'm trying to decide what species to get. At first, we really thought a red foot was the way to go, but with our long cold winters, it would spend...

Hello! I'm new to owning tortoises. I have two sulcatas (which after finding this forum I am learning is not something you're supposed to do). I got these babies at a reptile show about a week ago. The vendor didn't give me great info and after roaming around here I've learned a lot. I have...

hey there! I’m a soon to be new mom to a baby Jordanian Greek tortoise! He/she will be here tomorrow. Here’s my set up and the details, let me know what y’all think and any improvements I could make. 4x2x12 2-3inches of 50/50 playsand and top soil Hide with moist spagum moss (spelling there...

Hello, I am looking to get a Yearling Leopard Tortoise but I don't know where to start. I live in Idaho and haven't been able to find a reliable website/breeder to get a Leopard Tortoise. Could someone lead me towards a good breeder? I could also use some tips on how to raise a tortoise as I...

Hello everyone! I adopted a baby sulcata last night due to a friend travelling a lot and not having time for it. I have a big place and lots of land so he'll be perfect with me. I work from home so i can give him/her the attention they deserve. Just a couple quick things 1.) Please link any...

Hi all. I'm about to be a new tortoise parent. I joined here before I get one to find out about best ways to give a best start to a young little tortoise and what to buy and from where to buy things economically.

Our school received a new leopard tortoise hatchling yesterday. He is about two months old. Yesterday we assumed he would just want to sleep and be left alone after his long trip. I gave him a quick bath to try and re-hydrate him and then left him be. Today he is still not moving much and...