Recent content by Mserratore

I was new to this forum and stopped using it due to the rudeness of some people. Some of the members acted as though their opinions were the only ones that mattered and you were an idiot for looking elsewhere. I love my tortoises and am a highly educated person who believes in doing my research...

Thank you. I never said I was not taking the advice of the Forum. The environment is hot and humid. There is no reason to assume the woman I got the tortoises from is just trying to sell something. She has spent much time on the phone with me. It seems that even on this forum there is...

Hello. Yes the breeder has many healthy tortoises. Her name is Vicky and she is in Alabama. Neither she nor the vet said anything about it being stressful for them to live together. I will speak to them both about that. They lived together for 8 months price to coming to me. The vet is well...

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Hi. I have read his posts so thanks. I got my tortoises from Alabama and the woman who breeds them said that she keeps them at 75 degrees at night. The vet also said the basking should only be at 90 degrees.... It is hard to know what to do when there is so much conflicting info. Thank you...

Hi. They do not have runny noses. He diagnosed it just by listening to their breathing which is a bit crackly. The tortoise table. Is 4 feet by 3. The basking area has a substrate of damp sphagnum moss and the basking temp is 90-95 degrees. The cool side can get to 80 in the day and 75 at...

Hi. I have two African Leopard Tortoises....Sammy and Leo. I took them to the vet yesterday and he said they have an RI. I have set up the environment exactly as the woman who I bought them from told me to. I sent her pictures and the vet as well and they said it was set up right with the right...

Hi. I am new to the forum. I have 2 African Leopard Tortoises...9 months old.

I'm a new african tortoise owner. I have two, both about 9 months old. I have had them for about a month. They are living in a 4 by 4 tortoise table. I was told to keep one side moist with wet sphagnum moss with the uv bulb above in order to create humidity. Today I put the tortoises to my ear...