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My tortoise seems to have another infection and I'm at a bit of a loss to work out why. She finished a course of antibiotics just over a month ago, and it seemed that she was back to normal. Yesterday I noticed her doing the same open mouth 'gasping' with a sort of clicking noise and took her...

I've no idea if it had a microchip, I wasn't aware that was common practice? My only issue with the pet store itself was that the substrate looked a little too dry, it looks like it was the same stuff they're using for the lizards etc and had no moisture to it at all, and the heat lamp was far...

I wasn't suggesting that the paperwork was forged by the pet store, they explicitly told me it was the paperwork supplied to them by the breeder. I adopted my tortoise at two years old from a friend who in turn bought her at six months old - the breeder is a friend of the original owner, so we...

Hi All, I wasn't sure where exactly to post this, or if there's even much I can do but I'm really concerned about a tortoise I've seen for sale today. I'm based in the UK, and generally (at least where I'm based) the only shops to sell tortoises are exotics specialists, but today I found a new...

Thanks for this. She seems happier now I've turned the lamp up a bit, so it's about 23-28 on cooler end and 30-32 under the heat lamp. She's back to chilling under her heat lamp and seems relatively normal.

The dial for my lamp only goes up to 32, and its usually set to 30/31 - I'm guessing I should get her a new thermostat?

Over the past couple of days my Russian has been acting off - I thought she was back to normal but it seems over the past two days she seems to have become completely lethargic. Usually she sleeps in a corner under her heat lamp and wakes up when it turns on, however the past few days she's...

No urates or poop which is why I found it so strange. She seems to be back to her usual odorless self today, so I think I was just overreacting.

I don't really know how to describe it, but you're right, checked her this morning and no smell. Must just be a weird tortoise thing! Thanks for the response.

Hi everyone, I was soaking my horsefield earlier today and noticed her shell smells odd. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it was definitely the shell that smelled. It wasn't super strong - I had to be right up to her to smell it, and maybe it's normal (I don't make a habit of...