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Welcome to the forum! I will echo other comments earlier - this is a rare species in the US and has a reputation for being difficult to...

I have one and can attest they are very durable. If you bury the tub in the ground and put a wall around it, it will allow you to fill...

I don’t disagree with the feeding tube. However be prepared that if it is TINC, the digestive tract is probably not functioning well...

Green discharge (urates) can also indicate liver disease in tortoises. In particular, TINC is known to cause liver disease and green...

Any chance you have some better (not blurry) photographs? Are there other skin lesions or bumps visible anywhere? What other symptoms...

Chelonian aging varies by species and the “essentially no aging” comments are true for some species but not others. In the species...

I would ask what are the temps at various locations in the enclosure (warmest and coolest)? You can also run into problems if they...

I’m not sure we know life expectancy for sure but I would imagine at least 50 years. For an outdoor pen I would try to do at least...

On the original topic, some thoughts: Do not keep large numbers of animals together where they can contact each other - especially if...

@Juliaboris 1. This is a Chaco tortoise. I am 100% certain. The reason it was initially incorrectly identified as a sulcata...