nutrition

Hey, newbie here. I recently got a Yellow-Scaled Tortoise (two days ago), and she hasn't eaten since. She drank plenty of water the first day, and her energy levels are great. She is an estimated 5 years old. So, should I worry or try to put pieces of food on her mouth to coax her to eat? She is...

Hello, I have a 25 year old rescue box turtle with signs of metabolic bone disease and stunted growth due to poor husbandry and lack of nutrition. She has both a UVA and UVB light in her indoor enclosure and I give her a serving of Critical Care nutrition powder every day or every other day...

Hello all. I am back after the first real week of Steve and George being in a rudimentary closed chambers. Around 80% humidity, 83 degrees F day and 79 degrees F night, 3 soaks that last 30 minutes each, and 2 hours of outside time. I have been feeding Steve and George: romaine lettuce...

Hello All, thanks for having this forum, I read it often as we are new to this. We inherited a grown Sulcata tortoise from a grand-nephew who lost interest. We have a home in Colorado with cold winters, not ideal for the tortoise. The good thing is that our place has a good fenced yard with a...

I've had my Greek tort for close to 13 years now, its turning 16 in a month. I live in Canada, so the weather gets really cold at times, but at the moment it isn't super cold out yet (ranging from 15-20 degrees C). Turtle (my tort's name), has a fairly large enclosure with ReptiBark bedding. The...