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Sorry if this has been posted before! Their website says this is how they are mounted, but I still don't like it. "The use of the iPad and its mounting method is a reduced version of the method employed by scientists and researchers who study the animals in the wild. The silicone material is...

Good idea, Zamric. I wonder how hard it would be to do some proper research in this area. I would imagine you can do blood tests for vitamin D levels in tortoises like you can in humans. It would be a great idea for a masters project or something.

SavetheTortoise, if your source is natural news then I would suggest you do more research. That site is complete garbage. It's all pseudoscience or complete made-up fantasy.

Direct sunlight is great. If your ambient temp is 70 - 80 and you have a heat bulb you should be doing okay, but I would get a temp gauge if you can. He should have a basking spot around 95 - 100 degrees. Daily soaks are good too. If your substrate is really wet (mud as you say) just make...

There does seem to be some, not very badly though. Can you tell us what your set up is like? Lighting, temps, substrate, soaks?

He is beautiful Shanu!!!

Please relax! I am sure he is just fine, he will use it if he wants too. As CLMoss said, it sounds like he is just comfortable in his enclsoure (good job!).

Do you mean on the floor of your apartment? That is WAY too cold for a tortoise. She will get very sick without a basking light.

Also, I think I got my flies from a bag of organic gardening soil. So if you do decide to use it, I would suggest either putting it in the freezer or baking it or something to kill any eggs first.

I've tried cypress, coco coir, moss, and a dirt/sand mixture. I like cypress the best because with anything more moist I get tiny flies that I just cannot get rid of. So now I'm back to cypress, with some moss in his hide to keep it a little more moist.

Most Vets really do not know what they are doing with tortoises. Look around the forum, several people have had vets give their tortoises very harmful vitamin A injections, which leads to their skin falling off. This even happens with Vets that are licensed for 'exotic' animals. In my...

Hand feeding seems to help (associates you and food, a positive experience). A few nips here and there don't hurt from a baby. And just acclimatizing them to you, by handling them a little bit each day and slowly increasing it. You can start out holding them in their enclosure so they feel...

Haha okay good to hear! I was worried that you were stressed out because no one was helping. I totally know what you mean, my boyfriend keeps giving me side-eyes and joking that he's not having kids with me because I keep freaking out over the littlest things with my tort baby. I hope things...

Maybe start a new thread with Help Sick Tortoise in the title? I am afraid people aren't seeing this :/ Also you could try PMing Yvonne or one of the other more knowledgeable members? I've seen her give advice on these threads before. Here is her advice to someone with a Yellowfoot who got...

I was really not feeling at all charitable towards this person, but then I tried Googling Sulcata care sheets. And yeah, there is still A LOT of bad information out there. At least half of the top results were wrong :( That makes me so sad.