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    Poll: substrate for your Star?

    I stopped using substrate after experimenting with a lot of other things, my star always develop rns, it only stopped when i removed all substrate and i only use tiles. it has something to do with our humidity that goes up to 100%
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    RES with Malayan box turtle

    Hi, i'm not very familiar with box turtles... a friend offered one to me, he/she is as big as my RES... can I combine them? thanks!!
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    Agressive stars?

    there's a small scrape on the smaller torts head, it's not really a gash or anything just a skin scratched off... They seem to have settle into an "agreement" though, I combined their hide so it forms a bigger one, they sleep together there but no pushing so far. I also separated their food...
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    Agressive stars?

    Hi guys! I've just recently combined my 2 stars and they keep competing with each other. When they walk around their pen, I would see the smaller one(yoda) getting in the way if the bigger one(lucky) and she would not budge, she would push when being pushed and would just not give way, so you'd...
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    newbie here from philippines

    Hi welcome to the forum!!! I've already sent you a message about where to buy them :) It is very rare because they are not allowed. Do you know that even RES are now prohibited? I know some breeders around my area which is probably better because they are captive bred, not wild caught. Post...
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    New to Indian Star tortoise

    Hi! aren't stars pretty? :) I've been keeping stars for about a year and it's been a roller coaster ride! LOL Stars are harder to keep i think because they are "shy" torts. From my experience, their shyness sometimes results to them getting sick because they would prefer to hide than bask...
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    Care for star with respiratory infection...need help..

    It does help but it last for about 3 hrs. She seems better today though. I don't hear the sound and shes breathing better. Should i just stop the drops and stop nebulizing? There's nothing on the nebulizer, its just saline solution. continuing as a pre-caution will not harm them and make her worse?
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    Care for star with respiratory infection...need help..

    I cant remember what the antibiotic is called but i now its not baytril. The vet administers the injections every 2 days. He said its a mild antibiotic to see if it works and if it doesnt they will give another stronger kind. I changed vet recently and what i did observe is that with this new...
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    Care for star with respiratory infection...need help..

    I decided to create a new thread since it's a different issue and experts might not notice my other one with a different title. Does tortoise with respiratory infection recover from it? How to properly care for them so they'd get better? My tort has been having injections... she's on her...
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    Watery eyes

    No, the night time temp of 70 is just the weather i still turn on a heat bulb at night for them. 20 watt bulb. Last night she seems to be trying to breathe so i nebulized her which made her feel better. I have no idea how to tell if she is getting better or not. But thos morning, i can...
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    Watery eyes

    Are recovery from respiratory infection slim? :( I'm so worried about my tort. She's been having injections but last night I heard her open mouth gasp again :( I nebulized her and i didn't hear it again but she still has watery eyes and slight runny nose. She still has not completed her...
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    Just got kittens :) Need some advice!

    I never thought you had to train them, when we get cats, they just go to the litterbox themselves, but maybe it's because there's an adult cat around and they copy her?
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    Dog allergy?

    My sister is allergic to my shih tzu, Kobe when she hugs him too, she gets little red bumps where the fur touched her. Weirdly, we have 3 more shih tzus and a 2 chihuahuas that she hugs and carry around but she's only allergic to that one dog. We'd love to know why too. ~When you said German...
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    Ginger (Our Female Min-Pin)

    Mini-pin (miniature pincher) are amazing guard dog! They are small but they can bark at the tiniest sound. We had 2 before and it seems like they never sleep! LOL I miss them! They are active little things. @missmoofi - I didn't know they have laws against tail docking, I wish we'd have...
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    Stars mute!!!!

    Here it's not too slow but The problem is corruption, smugglers can easily pay and do it over and over again. It is rare to hear officials catching them. I believe it's the same in India. (A little off topic) :In our country there are protected areas, but money can get them anything :( Just...
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