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Well the vet visit did not go well😞 found a large stone and his intestines are floating up by the top of his shell he is full of gas probably from the last meal he ate. Also his lower half is obscured not sure if it’s free fluid. I live in Grants Pass not tortoise vets here. They did give me...

Tortoise Forum help me out. I have a 13 year old female DT. She came out of hibernation with a peculiar spot on one of her scutes. It's the size of a sharpie dot and dark in color (black). No other charactistic signs. Her behavior and personality have been completely her norm. Except I think...

Hi there Tom. I'm a new owner of a juvenile sulcata (2ysr old). After reading just a few of your posts I've come to trust your advice far more than the often contradictory information I gather from googling tortoise related things. I've only owned Little Foot for about 3 weeks. She (obviously I...

We made one of @Tom ‘s outdoor enclosures for our Sulcata, Toki. It has worked wonderfully all winter, keeping things warm and safe. The wood floor is covered with dirt from the yard. It has a pig mat for heat on the bottom, and the warmer on top. We have set up water containers towards the top...

Could anyone tell me if these small plants are alright for my sulcata? Also wondering what other small shrubs I may plant? Thinking about doing some St Augustin grass and clover for him to chow on as well

I can see that my 31/2 year old, 15 lb. Sulcata is adjusting to the recent trend for cooler days. He wakes up later, and goes to his warm night box earlier in the evenings. It’s still in the 80’s most of the time, but definitely colder than the 100’s we were seeing in the summer. I want to...

So I have mostly finished the outdoor house for my Sulcatas. It is 2 x 2 x 2 ft. I used Toms design except I put a pitch to the roof so that we can open it easier. We live just out side phoenix so it's not. Northern winter we have to deal with. Which would be better to heat the house, a CHE...

This is Toki. He’s about 15 pounds. Length about 13 inches (shell only). We weren’t told an exact age, but we think he’s between 2-10 years old. We adopted him in July this year. It’s been about a month and a half, and things seem to be going well so far. We love this guy! We have plenty of...

I am getting a 1 year old herman tortoise, and i am getting mixed opinions about lighting. i’m confused on which is better, should i just have a mercury vapour bulb, or should i have a uvb strip light along the whole enclosure and seperate basking lamp? and should i have a non light emitting...

Hi all, I have an 8-month-old Russian tortoise. Early this week we noticed a small graze on his underbelly, we removed all small slate out of his enclosure thinking he might have grazed it on one of these. Today before his bath I had a look and it has opened up again and bleeding. I am a very...

My husband is working all the time and I need some simple instructions for a warm nice sized house that I can build myself. Also a list of all material so I only have to make one trip to home improvement store. Since the current freezing temps in Louisiana, Daisy's outside outside wasn't...

Hi Everyone! Just checked one off of my bucket list! I now have a new buddy for life, a Burmese Star Tortoise and his name is Keanu. This forum has been SOOO helpful for me, so I just wanted to introduce my baby and share a bit of my experience in acquiring him. Mostly about his enclosure and...