Thank you @ZEROPILOT and @KarenSoCal . I really appreciate y’all taking the time to type such well thought answers. This is all really helping.
I came home to Casper with rigor and covered in ants. Disgusting. - Being sugar ants and never seeing them in his pen before I can say it’s pretty...
Attached are photos of the outdoor garden enclosure..
NOTE: I DID buy this tortoise at a pet store. I know buying from a breeder online is better and I definitely learned from my mistake... I just read that its typical for wild caught tortoises to die suddenly due to disease. Maybe this was my...
Thanks for the reply! He was about 4-5 inches i would say. He was still eating this past week. If anything he was eating a little less then past weeks but it wasnt anything alarming. I live in Texas. Temps range from 75-95 right now so temps are acceptable. No bleeding, swelling or discoloration...
Thanks for the reply!
So Casper lived in my enclosed garden in my front yard. It contained organic plants and vegetables that he did eat, but all of these plants were tortoise friendly according to the books and articles I read on tortoise care. I am completely honest when I say there were no...
Hello! Opinions and recommendations needed.
I walked out to my russian tortoise enclosure this morning to find my russian tortoise casper dead. I picket him up to find his limbs limp and his head retracted into his shell (like he was sleeping). His eyes are open and not sunken in.
I am so...