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Hey y'all, I'm looking for some advice on feeding protein to my wood turtle, Maya. She is completely uninterested in worms and dubia. I have only had her for a couple weeks, and she has come really far so I'm hoping in time she will come around but any advice appreciated! I got her from...

Hey y'all, I have been considering adding a Greek tortoise to the family. I know the babies do well in a higher humidity environment... however as they are native to a more arid climate, would it be appropriate to house an adult outdoors in a humid climate? I live in coastal south Texas, a...

Hey y'all! I'm going on maternity leave soon and need some new reading material. Anything on reptile care, history, evolution, folklore, etc. Preferably books, not just articles. I figured y'all are the perfect people to ask! If anyone is interested in recommendations - I am currently reading...

Hey y'all! Hopefully someone has some ideas - this is my southern painted turtle, Flash. I have had him one year and I believe he was only weeks old when I got him from a breeder. Healthy appetite, skin, clear eyes, but he has these white spots on his carapace that have been growing for months...

So I have redfooted torts and I have to leave them for 3 nights. Their usual sitter can't check on them, and I'm wondering the best way to do this... Their heat and humidifier are on timers, I'm leaving cactus pads in there which will last the whole time. My concern is the hydration situation...

So I have read that tortoises get really comfortable with their habitat and stressed out when moved to new habitats - I don't allow mine to free roam, but I do bathe them outside in a tall tub they can't see through so they get some uvb exposure (I have redfoots). My plan was to leave them out...

So I got Alice a year ago at Petco, and her plastron has always been a little rough and grooved. I had treated a turtle with shell rot before, and it doesn't really look that that so I hadn't been too worried. But now I've noticed that there is some white on the plastron and a bubble like...

So hurricane season is almost upon us again, and I am putting together my emergency / evacuation boxes. I have 2 tortoises, a bearded dragon, turtle, crested gecko, hognose snake, 2 rats, 2 dogs, and a leopard gecko so it's quite a process. Anyway, I have set aside water, pellet food, and...

So after many false starts and issues (steep learning curve!) my tort outdoor habitat is well underway. I'd like some feedback as I continue. The flagstones are for feeding, and there are three hides buried at different levels in the soil. The soil is mostly clay, so I'm thinking the hides will...

So I'm wanting a critique of their diet, but also hoping to put together a handy list of *common grocery store and Wal-Mart foods* that can be fed to a redfoot. I have noticed a lot of people grow their own stuff, or live in / near metropolitan areas where they can get more variety foods, but I...

When I was researching torts in the beginning I has it narrowed down to redfoots and leopards as my top choices. Because the ambient outdoor humidity here is +50%, and a lot of times 80% or higher I chose redfoots so they could comfortably live outdoors as adults, whereas adult leopards need...

So I'm building a stacked enclosure for my torts because of lack of space - one enclosure atop the other. I saw in another thread (that I can't find now) that the lower enclosure will heat the top one so you should pad insulation between enclosures - what kind and how? Sandwich it between -...

So I'm building my outdoor redfoot tort enclosure and our yard is infested with these... want to make sure it won't hurt my babies. I live in South Texas on the coast, which is a curious mix of tropical and desert - we literally have cactus growing on our beaches. Hopefully that helps with ID.

This is Flash, the newest family member. After a rocky beginning - an escape from the tank and possible respiratory infection - he seems to be settling in! Thought y'all would like the action shots. :) Note: these are a treat. He gets juvenile pellets and bloodworms too. Also, I have larger...

Hey y'all, a question about hibiscus - first off, is this hibiscus? I'm not great with plants . If yes, I have read that redfoots can eat it. Do I literally pull off the entire flower and leaves and feed it to them? Is it nutritious, or like more of a treat food? I have lived here 2 months and...

So I went to the city botanical gardens today and noticed that their tortoise enclosures mixed species. From everything I have read (I am no expert), this seems like not a good idea? Wondering if I should voice my opinion, and how the best way to do that is, since I don't have any qualifiers to...

Hey y'all, looking for advice for digs for my new tiny turtle, Flash. I have had juvenile and adult red eared sliders, Midland paints, and eastern paints, but never one as tiny as this little southern painted! So my question is, can he be kept in a normal aquarium with filter or still too...

So I have seen tons of posts about WHAT plants you can grow in an indoor enclosure, but not actually HOW to grow them. So from someone with no experience growing plants - 1) How do the plants get enough light in an indoor closed chamber enclosure? I have redfoots, so they don't like bright...

Does anyone know if this is oleander? The large tree in the first photo, followed by a close-up of the leaves. I didn't think it grew that large, but it sure looks like it. I know oleander is poisonous to most animals - does that include torts? If it is oleander do I need to completely remove...

I have a side yard in the new house that I want to turn into the designated tortoise yard and I am SO PUMPED about it! I want to cover it in chicken wire (or something similar), and use the walls of the house and fence so the whole area is tort friendly. The planters boxes will be planted with...