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Hello, I'm planning on trying to cut my adult Russian Tortoise's nails. I've been working with him for a while to make sure that he is used to me handling his nails. I also have some smaller dog nail clippers that I can use. He has some very well defined quicks, so I'm not worried about cutting...

Actually, there was recently an article about tortoise cognition, where researchers trained red foot tortoises to do different behaviors and then tested 18 months later to see if they remembered the training even though they did nothing to reinforce the training during that time. While they...

Would a wooden half log do that? He has one that he likes to climb on.

I was giving Ivan a bath today and saw these marks on his shell. Are these just scratches or shell rot?