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  1. GreenFire719

    Russian Tortoise not Eating for Months Now

    So after going to the vet, they gave him a vitamin shot and that seemed to stimulate his appetite, cause now he’s back to eating a normal amount again. Thank you guys for the help!
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    Fertile or infertile eggs?

    This is the first time Io, my eastern box turtle, has laid eggs with me. Should I incubate these eggs? I took them out very carefully, making sure not to turn them. I’m gonna rebury them for now.
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    Russian Tortoise not Eating for Months Now

    After STILL not eating, brought him back to the vet to get his X-ray done to look for blockages. Nothing showed up on his X-ray and he even pooped on the vet as a bonus lol. Here’s his X-ray, nothing significant shown beyond that white splotch which the vet said he was not concerned about (said...
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    Russian Tortoise not Eating for Months Now

    He was eating these fruit flavored pellets before I got him, but easily went to collards after I got him. I’ve had him for about 2 years now and never had this problem with him. He was always so easy to feed and ate readily. His staples are collard, turnip, chicory, or dandelion leaves topped...
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    Russian Tortoise not Eating for Months Now

    Sorry, have not been getting any notifications for this thread. Here’s his enclosure, he made a big mess of it lol. I use an infrared heat gun to check the temps from time to time. Zonder is definitely a boy, he flashes me when he excretes waste. He has not been around other tortoises. I do not...
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    Russian Tortoise not Eating for Months Now

    Hey guys, my Russian tortoise Zonder has been on a food strike for almost 3 months now, only eating little bites of food here and there. I took him to the exotic vet twice now and they can’t find anything wrong with him (fecal clean, clear lungs, very active). He’s in a 6’ by 2’ enclosure with a...
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    Recommendations for Exotic Vet Charlotte NC?

    That’s the list I was looking for actually. Thank you!
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    Recommendations for Exotic Vet Charlotte NC?

    We take our dogs to Noah’s Ark actually. I’m not able to go too far from Charlotte right now with him.
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    Recommendations for Exotic Vet Charlotte NC?

    Hey guys, looking to take my Russian Tortoise to the vet in Charlotte. Any recommendations? Please let me know!
  10. GreenFire719

    Beak Trimming Experts: Trimming Help

    This is what I told her to trim to. Does that seem alright? I’m basing it off the natural curve that box turtles typically have in their beak. For comparison, here’s io’s beak (which I need to trim soon):
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    Beak Trimming Experts: Trimming Help

    So she should be worried about the hole in the beak then right? I just want to reassure her it’s okay to cut her beak.
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    Beak Trimming Experts: Trimming Help

    Hey guys, need some advice for a friend’s box turtle. She has a super thick top beak that gives her a duck-like appearance. It desperately needs trimmed but it is super thick and has a small hole in the middle that makes her weary about trimming it more. Here’s the hole in her beak: The vet is...
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    Building an Outside Enclosure Plans

    The box I posted is insulated, I would just need to alter it to put heating elements inside. I’m just nervous about housing him outdoors because he’s lived inside his whole life and is captive breed so he has never been cold enough to want to brumate. This link to a heated night box build is...
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    Building an Outside Enclosure Plans

    Hi guys! So I’m gonna be building an outside enclosure for Zonder and wanted to get some thoughts on my building plans. I’m wanting to build a pen with a shelter in it so during nicer weather he can sleep safely outside. I’m gonna set up a cinder block perimeter of 5’x5’ with chicken wire set...
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    Updates on Io!

    Hello guys, I am making my appearance once again on the forum to update on Io. She is doing wonderful after her surgery early this year. As I mentioned in my last post, she had a benign tumor removed from her oviduct that was causing her to prolapse. No more prolapses after having this issue for...
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    Which one is better food?

    Hi guys, Io and I are doing great since moving into our apartment. She’s really taken to her “college suite” and loves getting some exercise and sun out in the courtyard with me every day the weather allows. For the sake of money and not wasting any food, I have been feeding her canned box...
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    Does anyone use canned bugs?

    We already have this sort of system in her tank. She has topsoil and local leaf litter as substrate and it’s a bioactive tank with springtails, pillbugs (though not many cause she loves to pick them off), and both red wrigglers and night crawlers. I mix old food scraps under the soil for the...
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    Does anyone use canned bugs?

    Hi guys, quick question here: has anyone used canned bugs to feed their box turtle? I’m taking Io with me to college (yay!) and the nearest petsmart from the college is about 20 minutes away. I’ve seen the canned grasshoppers and canned snails in their stores before and was curious if anyone has...
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    Are greens really necessary?

    No need to worry about io’s diets for those who were worried she wasn’t getting veggies. She’s fed a very healthy mush ever other day (she’s a lazy turtle) and gets a lot of variation in her diet by swapping veggies, fruits, and greens in the mush. I was just more curious than anything if greens...
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    Are greens really necessary?

    We have done collards, mustard, kale, turnip, dandelion, escarole, endive, green and red leaf, even romaine. She just hates them lol. I give them to her anyways by chopping into tiny pieces (smaller than bite size otherwise she spits it out) and mush berries and veggies with it into turtle slop...
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