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How is she doing? Have you been soaking her in warm water?

Hi to you and your family of critters. Stick around and keep posting pics! Watch out for that RES ... don't put him with your youngsters for now. Quarantine.

Hi and welcome. Please send some pictures of the tortoise and enclosure when you can, thanks.

I'm not laughing! That poor kid ...you should have offered him a tow from the get go. 🧐🤭

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Hi and welcome. Sorry your little tortoises were bitten by fire ants. I can't think of anything else you can do apart from lots of soaking in slightly warm water, maybe adding Pedialyte to the soak will help revive the worst affected one, Pepa. I hope he recovers. Also, they would really...

Welcome to you and Dexter.

And tortoises really need it to be dark but warm at night. A CHE is used for heat, with no light.

He will need to be given a long soak in warmish water every day. They also need quite high humidity in their enclosure so it will need to be covered, maybe with a portable greenhouse over it, to prevent further pyramiding. I hope you are able to follow the advice and get a bigger enclosure for...

Definitely, for babies, hand pack it! Then fine grade orchid bark on top. Works well for older torts too.

I definitely need a sign for my RTB. He is way too adorable and affectionate.

This is not a joke! I always hear people saying that turtles are safe, friendly pets, not like snakes and lizards. But that's because they never had the terrifying experience of an encounter of the snappy kind with my RES.

Whooo-haah! That's fun. Nice day for those snakes too.

You are getting great help and advice! Please keep us updated on your progress, and thank you for caring!

Some of our experts will come along to help you! @Yvonne @wellington @zovick