Recent content by Flora Belle's keeper

Hooray, Good for you! Thought they could have been close by.

Thanks. I have a well insulated tortoise house and keep her out for summer and early fall but nothing i can securely close her up in. It has a door opening and i thought about adding a swing doggie door style door to it for later fall but i am not sure that wouldn’t crate a draft. No shed as of...

Hi Wellington. I agree AZ. is much different from my GA. location. However, i have not had success in housing my large adult Sulcata outdoors during the winter months. Hopefully, i am the only one. Mine has had 2 illnesses with an upper respiratory infection after attempts to house her outside...

The website I referred to above is petfinder.com. You can post a pic and the city, state where found there.

Agreed it’s a Sulcata. They are certainly strong enough to get out of fences. Post him on face book if u have an account or Pet finders online. Let your local animal control know. You could take them a flyer with a pic as well as one to all the local vets. He/She is probably at least 8-10 years...

Sorry, the above response was more for the first page I read but i missed the second. I have also seen the leg locked position for mating. Leave alone and all will be fine. I agree with nandusnandus.

Hi! I do not have nearly the experience as Mark1 above with box turtles! However, I do remember a time many years ago when i put a wild box turtle with my then female pet box turtle together in a large outdoor pen, both were eastern boxies. Within minutes the male climbed my female and to my...

Just checking in, how’s your tortie? Kelly

Hope gives me hope! How cool, so glad he’s doing better!!!

Love the name! Hooray! Skittles is on the way to becoming Huge! So Happy he/she is doing well! Can’t wait to see updated photos soon of your healthy gorgeous tort!!! Congrats! Thanks for keeping us posted. Kelly

Agreed. Not pretty.

Typo above. I meant: could look worse Than it actually is.

Unfortunately for the tortoise, if a parasite, it could look much worse that it actually is.

Hate to say it, but probably not likely. I have seen horrific things happen where pet stores are concerned. The animals are often just considered inventory and a “write off” taken.

Looks terrible. Looks like it could possibly be an external parasite maybe a bot fly under the skin?https://m.petmd.com/reptile/conditions/skin/c_rp_external_parasites Just a thought...sometimes pet stores will release an injured animal that they feel will die or even sell it for less money to...