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Thanks for the response - our tortoise feeds mainly on mixed greens with shredded carrots occasionally, and dandelion greens when they are available here in Wisconsin. We have not been as good at using calcium lately as we ought - I will resume that tomorrow. It is under a Reptisun mercury...

Hello! I posted some photos of the underside of our 1-year-old Greek tortoise, and doing so noted some dark brown/black discoloration and softness on the underside of the shell. I have read a few posts about shell rot, but this is either a really bad case or something else. The shell is as...

Here are some pictures of Grassy's underside. "She" is a year old. Any ideas about gender? I also noticed some discoloration and slightly soft parts of her underside. These have been here for over 6 months - are they anything to worry about?

It's been a while, but we wanted to share a few photos of our one-year old tortoise, Grassy! My daughter insisted on a cake and full-on party, so Grassy was well-celebrated.

My understanding is that you want to keep offering finely-chopped greens to them, but don't anticipate that they'll eat very much at all. When we got our several-week old baby it hid ALL the time and refused to eat in front of us, but did eat when not watched. Keep up with the daily soaks and...

Yup, I am seeing an ad in the upper right corner of every first posting as well. Mine also seem tailored to what I have been searching on the internet. I am signed in as a user and have not noticed this before today. This one is for Target.

We use a watering can to thoroughly soak the substrate on the warm end of the enclosure every few days. That seems to keep it adequate.

I got a Greek because it will stay little and looks prettier to me than a Russian!

Glad the little one is doing better! Our baby was like that at first, too.

Hello again! We have been soaking our little Grassy every day or two, but she has yet to make any poo or pee in the water. Is that normal? I keep reading about how other people's torts make a mess in their water, but ours just seems content to sit there a few minutes, then she starts trying...

Out of curiosity, did you get a male since they stay smaller? Also, what setup did you get from the turtle source? Another member led me to the showcase cages website where it looks like they have really nice turtle cages. We got the medium tortoise setup. As for the gender of our little...

Yes it was at Hoffers and my son wanted me to buy it right then and there, but it seemed pricey at $259.00. How do you keep the humidity up? I would have no problem keeping it warm, but the humditiy is another thing. We have started using a watering can with warm water to soak the...

Hello Joel! I'm from Milwaukee, too. Where did you see the Greek - was it at Hoffer's? We just bought a baby greek from Tim Beard off of Kingsnake.com, which is a site I found off of this website. There are also some Greeks for sale on the For Sale section of this forum. We ended up buying...

Hello all! I have a new 1 month old baby mountain Greek tortoise. I have read all the benefits of being outside in the sun, but we live in Wisconsin. Right now it's sunny but only 55 degrees Fahrenheit. What's the lowest safe sunny temperature for a little tort to be outside?

Ours is a mountain Greek, testuda graeca buxtoni, apparently. She won't grow quite as big as a regular greek, per the breeder.[hr] You ask a good question, which makes me wonder about our hygrometer! We've only had Grassy for 5 days, and the hygrometer was just picked up at the local pet...