parasite

Hello. I have ended up buying a pet store tortoise though I had originally intended on purchasing a young tortoise from a breeder when I began researching into it a year ago. It's almost definitely wild caught and I've called and left a message with a local exotic vet for an appointment for a...

I'm not so sure what this is, I'm concerned it might be a worm. I left Cashew to soak and came back after he defecated, and this was wrapped around his leg. Not too sure if it is a worm or not. The rest of the stool and what had separated in the water did not have anything moving or worm-like...

My russian tortoise is a 2 year old (ish) male. He's usually very active in the mornings and goes out in search of food, but for the past week, maybe week and a half, I have had to encourage him to come out of his burrow to eat something, and then once he's eaten he goes right back to his burrow...