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    HELP! Tortoise not moving after soaking

    The vet nearby was one posted to this forum of known Tortoise vets, I even called and double checked before I bought Miira. The doc is an exotics doc, and the second closest is nearly 2 hours away.
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    HELP! Tortoise not moving after soaking

    Update: I took her to the vet and they are keeping her there and giving her some medicine. I have read all of these replies and will get one of those heat guns for checking the water temperature. The faucets at my place are a little irregular, so its very possible the water was too hot. I'll...
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    HELP! Tortoise not moving after soaking

    Her enclosure is within the recommended temperature and humidity, I feed her the right stuff and she grows, I have also tried some resuscitation tactics from online, such as getting water out of the mouth and gently breathing into her nose. She isn't moving, I can poke her and she wont move. I...
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    HELP! Tortoise not moving after soaking

    As I do every morning I put my 2.5 month old leopard to soak in water just above its head. It likes that and usually just walks around, trying to climb out of the tub. Today I put her in and she was fine, walking around like normal. 15 mins in I felt the water and it felt a little cold so I...
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    New Leopard Tortoise, water dish and burrowing

    After months of consideration and a week of setting up the enclosure, my hatchling Leopard Tortoise has finally arrived, and I have given her the name of Miira! (I'm a writer and gave her the name of a character I love, I later learned what the name means in different languages!) She's been so...
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    The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

    Hi! Sorry for necroposting here, but I was looking at some Leopard Tortoise care sheets and some people are saying they can eat hay, like rabbit hay or others. Is this true? Where I'm at there's a large agricultural focus and hay is pretty readily available, even during winter. If not I have...
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    Baby Leopard in Northern Utah, a few questions!

    Perfect, yeah I used to live up in Northern Indiana, around Granger, so I understand a bit the winters y'all get up there. That is a relief to know that indoors can work as well, I live in the mountains so our March can be beautiful and warm with snow in April, it's the nature of our elevation...
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    Baby Leopard in Northern Utah, a few questions!

    Hello! I made a post here a few weeks back about a Russian/Herrmans/Greek enclosure but between now and then I found the Leopard Tortoise and absolutely fell in love with its colors, personality, and above all it's size! Everything about it seems to be amazing, but before I move forward I do...
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    Multi Level Enclosures to increase sqft

    I will definitely do that, I started sketching it down when you mentioned making a blueprint and quickly realized that my plan didn't consider substrate depth, which really could have screwed me over. Thanks for reminding me to check my ideas. I'm now considering something less complex but...
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    Multi Level Enclosures to increase sqft

    Howdy! Ever since I was a kid I've wanted a tortoise, and now that I'm 23 I'm finally fulfilling that dream and have decided on a Russian Tortoise. Now I'm still going back and forth between getting an adult or a baby (It's technically my first pet other than betta fishes), and while I am...
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