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Yes, I do. His leg is smaller then the other one, he is partially missing two claws, he can’t support his weight on it and straighten the leg and his shelf looks like it was badly cracked with something sharp. I wish you can see video of him walking, that’s when you can really see (and hear) how...

Hallo! We just got this Hermann's tortoise yesterday from Petco. We didn't want to scared him to much so we just let him rest in his cage. Rusty is really active today so we got him out (after big breakfast) and let him walk on the grass outside and later on at home. I noticed he was limping so...

Thank you for your answer! I should start to learn how to let him hibernate in the future. I will soak him daily like we did before and increase his lighting. He is in wood zoo med tortoise house. He has wood chips for bedding and few wood logs barks us hiding place, food bawl and one zoo med...

Hallo! We have Russian tortoise named Dusty for 4 years now. He was one year old when we got him. We never let him hibernate so I know what to do in that end. I was pretty scared that he would not "wake up". I was just wondering if I should left him alone since he is in one hiding spot and...

Thank you so much. Poor baby. I will do my best!

Thank you so much. That was my first respond when I saw her. It's next door classroom and since I have tortoise myself (it's my son's but I still have to supervise) I told them I will do the research....

Hi, could you please help us to identify what type of tortoise "she" is? Her name is Oz and was donated to the school classroom. We would like to take good care of her. We will be able to start research when we know what we are looking for. Thank you so much. Any advice will be appreciated! (I...

Help! Classroom pet! Our school had this tortoise donated to them and nobody knows what type is it so we can do the research for what she needs. I have Russian tortoises myself for 4 years and this website was really helpful in the beginning when we had no experience. Thank you so much!

Thank you for your time. I feel little bid better now. I added one more light and hope he will be more active soon.

Hi, thank you. That is what I am trying to do but he goes to the "dark" side of his cage and he does not want to go out. I try to leave it open so there is more natural light. Should I buy more light? I am still trying to wake him up and soak him almost every day along with food choices.

Hi, my Russian tortoise “Dusty” does not want to eat. I'm starting to get concerned! What should I do? We have one-year-old Russian tortoise we bought for our son 3 months ago. He was happy and active, he was going outside and had plenty weeds to eat. Now it looks like he only wants to...

Thank you so much> I feel much better now! :-))))):D

Thank you so much!

Hi everybody. I’m new to tortoise and turtle world. My son kept asking us for a turtle. After 3 months and few researches, (we were hoping he would drop it) we end up with 1-year-old Russian tortoise. (That is what they told us at the pet store. His shell is about 3.5 inches long-if anyone can...