tortoise

I bought my tortoise about a week ago and he is about 5-6 months old. He goes to his cold/humid side of his table and burrows under the soil and stays there for over 24 hours until i pick him up cause i get worried. That's the only way hes woken up so far because I don't want him to starve or...

I don’t actually have a tortoise yet, but everything is in motion to get one! We’re maybe a few days away, I hope! I just have to settle on which species now. I’m thinking Russian? I’m completely new to tortoises, never had one or really properly touched one. I went from Bearded Dragon, to...

Hi, I am raising 1.5 year old leopard tortoise (hatched on November 2018). Since I am living in Illinois, I keep my tortoise in indoor enclosure all the time. Recently, the weather is quite hot, so I sometimes let my tortoise wandering outside. I noticed that my tortoise trying to eat a stone...

Good evening all, I would say a month or two ago, my 22-year-old Russian tort had swelled up with edema and was diagnosed with parasites. Her enclosure was disinfected, she was fed an oral medication (NOT Ivermectin), I made minor changes to her diet, and last week I am happy to report her...

My sulcata hatchling has to be kept indoors, can someone send me a direct link (to Amazon, Petco, PetSmart, etc.) for what uvb light I should purchase for the tank? I know to get a tube light as opposed to a coil, but there are so many options out there. Please help.

During a soak yesterday I saw a small wiggle while Tomato was on the towel. So today I came prepared camera in hand to make a gif, and I got a cute few wiggles!

Looking for a female Greek tortoise or hatchlings. Please send me an email with pictures and asking price. I’m in Los Angeles. TIA [email protected]

Just saying Hey from myself, I go by Momo or MomoDontKnow and this is my lil Tomato in a soak! I'm a first time Tortoise owner, I look forward to seeing and chatting with everyone here over the next while! (I made a post on here prior, but I wanted to make one of these before my next actual...

I bought a new lamp for my tort and it's shipping right now, it should be in my home from 1 to 3 days, but today I went to my tortoise enclousure (little guy, around 9 months to 1 year old, 7cm/2,75in, russian tortoise) and turned on lamps and uvb lamp started to act weirdly and smelling awful...

Hello friends, my female redfoot laid eggs on the ground without burying them, and was doing some "automatic" digging movements near them but not really digging, then she left to take a bath at the "pool", she lives with a male redfoot and they are not fighting. She never did this before...

Any one able to point me in the right direction for what soil type/ terrain I can put down in my horse fields outdoor run and his indoor table to try and spice things up for him a little bit? Thanks!

We left our 3 year old hermann tortoise in his run with his companion and we didn't realise there was a small hole in the run luckily only he got out but we have searched the garden a far few times and we have also checked the neighbours garden a few times too and so far no luck we have also...

Sleepy Tim waking up and soaking No, I don't use this pan for cooking folks, only for soaking, don't worry? (His shell already looked like this, he's a rescue, grew up in horrible conditions for 4 years)

My 1 Month Old Radiated Tortoise

Well recently i am interested in tortoises. I am reading and watching like crazy about this little creatures for over two months. I want to buy a Russian tortoise. But there is a problem... After two years from this day, i am going to be a college student. So, what do you think? Should i buy...

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This is my indoor enclosure, it's 2,6 x 6,7 ft. Timmie also has an outdoor enclosure of 6x6 ft. He likes to climb and the majority of the perimeter is free, so he can either climb or take the easy route. He always sleeps in the cave. All the plants have been alive since January, so I guess...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping that someone here can help me. Yesterday, I picked up my hatchling Indian Star. What I had set up in his enclosure prior to his arrival was a 100W ZooMed MVB on a ZooMed light stand. As of now, he's in a ZooMed Tortoise House until he gets larger. To compensate for the...

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