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Hi louisa Although I can't really help, I am also very interested in knowing how one would deal with an issue like this. My tortoise aggressively climbs things and it's a matter of time before he hurts himself in some way.

Hi Yvonne! Thanks so much for the response, I definitely feel better about it. I feed him on slate, but i can buy a piece of cement instead if you think that will help with his beak. I often don't cut up his food except for collards since the stem part is really tough and he always looks like...

Hi everyone So over a year ago my tortoise had a little crack in his shell. Yvonne mentioned that I should expect to see that the whole scute will fall off and to not be too concerned about it. One issue though is it looks like the bone? underneath looks odd. It's the anterior vertebral scutes...

Hi everyone, thank you all for your responses. I actually really debated putting in the sand and now I regret it. I just built him a new enclosure (about 3 x 4 feet). I made sure all the sand and top soil was baked at 450-500 F n' all that jazz. Anyways that's just an extra bit of info, he was...

Hi everyone, (i've actually had an account for ages, but forgot the password...and the email i used for the account) So my tortoise has been acting very erratic. He won't stop moving, climbing, playing in general. It's nice to see, he looks pretty content exploring his enclosure, as well as our...