Hello all, I’m new to this forum because I came home today to find that my adult female tortoise had bit the head off of her female cage mate. I keep all 3 of my tortoises in the same cage as a breeding group, (M/F/F). I only occasionally saw fighting before this but nothing I believe to be...
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Unfortunately this morning I woke up and my little hermans tortoise was dead. I am going to wait a day before burying him because I have heard of tortoises that have "rejuvenated" after their apparent death. Thanks to everyone for the advice and help.
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I have posted before that I got a baby hermans tortoise from Arizona tortoise compound in May and his health has gotten worse daily. First it started with him eating less and not drinking much water then he stopped eating all together but would still drink when soaked. I figured...
Under the heat lamp it is about 100f rest of the cage gets as low as 80f, humidity is about 60-75% depending on the day. For UVB zoo med reptisun 10.0UBV mini fluorescent lamp 13 watt
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In may I got a hermans tort named Phil. I have not had any issues with him so far but the other day I noticed that he was not opening his eyes and has stopped eating. He sleeps all day and when he does walk around he does so with his eyes closed. I am not sure if I should take...