Vadababy12
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Can someone plz tell me why the skin underneath my baby desert tortoises chin is peeling? Both of them have it?
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Please add photos of your torts and their enclosure so we may better help!
Its probably much too dry. Most of the advice given for this species is all wrong and will result in their death if followed. Are you soaking daily? Housing them on some damp substrate for moderate humidity? Using a humid hide? You should be doing all of the above.
Did you read that they do better outside? They don't. They dehydrate and do poorly when kept mostly outside. In side by side experiments with clutchmates, they do MUCH better when kept mostly indoors in correct, stable, moderately humid conditions, with short excursions in safe outdoor enclosures for an hour or two a few times per week, until they get bigger.
They should never be kept in pairs. This is extremely stressful and unnatural for them. Best housed all alone, or in small groups of babies/juveniles. Never pairs.
Care for DTs is the same as it is for Russians. Diet is similar to a sulcatas diet, but less grass for a DT. Read these for more info:
Beginner Mistakes
To comment on Tom's article, go here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-split-Beginner-Mistakes#axzz1tG8s05M5 Over the years many of us, myself included, have made many of these mistakes, and we have certainly seen them made many times by others. With springtime upon us and many new...
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Russian Tortoise Care Sheet
Russian tortoises have great personalities, are very hardy, tolerate a wide variety of enclosure parameters, stay small, and are generally a good "starter" tortoise in my opinion. Here is how I like to set them up: Indoor Enclosure type and size: Most people want to know the minimum size...
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For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...
Over and over I type up and answer diet questions and try to get people feeding the right stuff, but I find that the "norm" is grocery store food. Grocery store food is expensive, a hassle to obtain, and very low on the list of what is best for sulcatas. These tortoises are GRASS eaters. From...
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