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I've had my Hermanns tortoise, Roma, for about a year. In that time, he's always received daily soaks, and I'd say he poops in the bath about 75% of the time. However, that seems to have changed recently. Warning, poop details incoming! Last week, he didn't poop in the bath at all for the...

Roma spends his days in an outdoor raised garden, and I noticed him do something today I've never seen him do before: he hunted down and ate a small millipede. The millipedes in his garden are all black, about an inch long, and have a funny smell when you squash them. Is there any risk to my...

Hi, this is John. Allison, my GF, is usually the one to post on Tortoise Forum. She is on a backpacking trip now and I can't reach her by phone. This morning before I put Roma in her outdoor enclosure I found a large cane toad sleeping in her den where she usually rests. I removed the toad...

Roma is getting quite big now - 160 gr, about 9 cm scl! We were wondering if it's possible to tell Roma's sex at this point. We were told she was probably female but I wouldn't be surprised at all if the pet store was wrong on this!

For the last 5-6 days, my young tortoise has been acting strange. She has been pumping her limbs in and out horizontally in a strange way, rubbing her face with her front left leg (though there is nothing on her face/eye and her coco coir substrate is quite moist), and she opens her mouth for...

So I've had Roma for about 3 months now, and for all that time, she's had a mark on her plastron that I'm curious about. It looks like a fold or slice. Can anyone tell me what may have caused this? Attaching two pics, one to point it out and a higher resolution one that should show the actual...

My little Roma was diagnosed with pinworms yesterday (confirmed with 2 fecal tests). I am unsure how long she's had them; could have been since we got her from the pet store, or it could be something introduced from the environment. She spends ~6 days a week in outdoor enclosures, and nights...

I've had my Hermann's tortoise, Roma, since the middle of December (purchased from a pet shop). I don't know her age or weight at the time of purchase, but I am concerned that she has not put on much weight in the last month, even though she has grown a little. Am I being paranoid, or is there...

Roma is a juvenile Hermann's of indeterminate age (she's 67mm long right now, so I'm guessing 1-2 years old). I've had this little ball of cute for about a month and have just finished constructing an outdoor enclosure on my balcony. It's about 6' by 3', and in a south-facing area that gets sun...

So my little juvenile Hermann's named Roma is settling in to her new home. Unfortunately, we've had a run of bad weather. Because of that, her outdoor enclosure is not done yet, and she's been spending more time in a bin indoors than I'd like. :( She's been eating like a champ on the days...

Hi, we are new to the forum. We are in the research stage of getting our first tortoise. After looking at the different species, we were thinking about getting a juvenile Hermann's tortoise. I am planning on building an outdoor enclosure for him/her in our yard, but Ive been getting varying...