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Alright, thanks! I wasn't sure - I saw that written in a breeding thread on here and just wanted clarification. :)

Ah, I see. Yeah - it can be hard to be impatient tp see what your tort is (I know I started looking for signs when he was only 3mo old. LOL But I've still got YEARS to go probably before it can be certain) so all in all it seems the best way to go about it is separation. So that's what I'll do...

I've actually come up with another question: I read elsewhere on here that Golden Greeks are "laden with infectious disease". Based on the info above I'm going to keep them separate to prevent bullying. But what about cross contamination? Like if I handle the Golden and then handle the Ibera...

OK. I'll keep them separate. :) The care sheet I have lists all subspecies of Greeks together, which is why I wanted to double check if there were different requirements/feeding requirements. The tort I have now is only a year old so I can't accurately sex him yet but I have a feeling he may be...

I've got a 3ft by 2.5ft enclosure (indoors) set up at the moment, but also have a 6ft by 2.5ft one (which I'm not using ATM because my tort is less than 4inches - he's only a year old, still fits in the palm of my hand). I made them out of old bookshelves and lined them with a bit of plastic to...

Hello, everyone. I apologize in advance if this thread is in the wrong section. I've had Little Foot for over 6mo. now, he turned 1 last week. I think he's about 3in now (it's hard to tell he never holds still!). Obviously I can't tell for sure yet if he's a boy or girl, so I'm just calling...

Oh, good! I'm so glad he's not sick. I'm guessing he's just too big for his log hide now and I'll have to buy the bigger size, that's the only thing I could see him scraping his shell on, everything else is soft. :) Thanks so much!

Oh, I do hope that's the case! (Assuming that a scrape is the lesser of two evils! Not meaning I hope he's hurt, I want him to be healthy and not hurt!) He has a wooden log (one of the ones from the pet store that's a half log and hollowed out) that I was recently thinking he may have outgrown...

Hi, I'm a newbie tort owner and I've had my tort Little Foot for a while and everything was fine. But today I took him outside and in the sunlight I noticed these spots. They're white, to me they looked like scratches or something - they don't look cheesy or fuzzy to me, they don't feel...

Yeah, I never trust the petstore which is why I came here to ask to make sure. I wanted to be sure that what I've already done as a precaution wasn't harming him. I just got spooked since I've had the tort several months now and haven't seen or heard of this kind of problem before so I didn't...

Hi! I know I haven't been around a while but school does that! Anywho I got a hatchling a few months ago and everything was perfect and dandy until this morning. I woke up and when I went to feed him I saw tiny white bugs swimming in his water bowl! At first I thought the grossest - maggots that...

How about this? It's a compact/mini UVB. The box my dome fixture came in says that this is compatible with the lamp. I just want to be sure since it also says "fluorescent" and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I'm sorry for asking so many questions, but I do want to make sure I have the right...

Actually I just looked, my current dome can only handle 100w in each socket. So I suppose a 125/160w MVB won't work. Problem is I've been looking for domes that can fit the size of the lamp (5.6 inches) AND handle the wattage and apparently no such dome exists as they all max at about 100w. So...

Thanks! And of course I don't mean to keep the water under the light! lol I'll move it over to the cooler side of the enclosure then. So getting this: "Exo Terra Solar-Glo High Intensity Self-Ballasted Uv/Heat Mercury Vapor Lamp" from Amazon would be good for both heat AND UV, no other bulbs...

I'm getting a baby Greek soon and just wanted to double check the lighting for him BEFORE I got him so that I know I've got all the right things. He's going to be indoors most of the time since winter is coming and then when he gets big enough I will be able to take him outside for a bit on days...

Thanks for the info! Anyone know what the dimensions should be to keep an adult Greek tort? I'm getting him from a hatchling but I want to be sure he won't grow out of it.

Cool! I've seen lots of pics of tables with cutouts in the sides for clear plastic, obviously for viewing the tort, but I thought they weren't allowed to be kept in things that they could see through? Hence why tanks are bad because the glass stresses them out (ie being able to see out but not...

Hello guys, if you read my introduction post you'll know I'm looking at getting a hatchling Greek soon. :) I've got an enclosure set up already but I am thinking of building a tortoise table for when he gets bigger. I know the sides have to be about 14in. high so he can't get out but so humidity...

I'm 88! Not neighbors but close! lol

Thank you so much! And hello everyone! :) And my understanding was also that it was ok to buy them online but not IN the state but I don't need to have a knock on my door one day only to open it and get arrested because they saw my tort in the mail. hahah :tort: (also i just found this emoji...