Hi guys,
I’ve just got back from uni and noticed that our tortoise has a chip at the back of his shell, above his back left leg. It looks red where the chip has occurred, and got kind of dirty - I’ve removed the dirt where I can but he’s an awful wriggler! Anything I can do?
Hi folks,
I’m back from uni for Christmas and, as I’m the only one who cares about our tortoise (or so it seems), I was checking him to make sure he’s still doing ok. We’ve had some issues with pyramiding and poor diet, etc, and I’ve tried to get my family to change that.
However, I’ve noticed...
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a couple months ago the people on this website were very helpful in a) identifying that Stan is a Hermanni tortoise and b) that he was pyramiding and showing signs of MBD.
This is an update to say we’ve changed his diet, bought a new UV lamp, let him roam outdoors far more during the hot...
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I recently posted in another thread, on Russian tortoises, asking what was wrong with my boy Stan because there were cracks in his shell. I've been informed it's down to low Vitamin D levels (bad light, also live in UK) and poor diet, so he's displaying early pyramiding and MBD. I've been...
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We’ve had Stan about 5 years (he’s about 13) and only recently started to properly pay attention to him (he belongs to me brother but I’ve adopted him lol). Anyway, I noticed that there are cracks in between scutes on his shell and I don’t know why...?
we feed him mixed greens incl...