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I have no idea why on God's green earth tortellini decided to eat a peice of his wood substrate, he was choking really badly trying hard to remove the blockage and then calmed down a bit, every now and then he tries to remove the blockage. I tried to open his mouth inordered to remove it but...

Hello Guys sometime ago I made a post about how to build my own enclosure, and now its being built with all of the advice given. Enclosure Details: The biggest I could make it was 4'x6'9", If I added another 2' Then we couldn't get into the bathroom. I added hooks for a Heat Lamp and 2 Lights...

I'm planning on building a new enclosure like the picture below in our spare bedroom. I know humidity is always a concern. I was told to make him a little box he can go into to sleep and inside of that to place a mister, that and give him baths every other day. The only thing I'll do different...

Tortellini has outgrown his home so I want to make him a bigger one. because it needs to be humid, I was thinking of getting a large 65Gal Christmas Tree plastic container and make cutouts for the fogger, lights, heat lamp, ect. the problem we have is that these containers are not completely...

What is a good hay to start introducing into his diet? There isnt any grass up here for most of the year so his diet has consisted of Kale, and baby romaine. He is really healthy and his enviorment is always humid. Last year I tried introducing orchard hay into his diet, he ended up walking all...

Tortellini is driving us insane. He wastes so much food. I put the food on a tray for him but he purposely crawls onto it covered in coco fiber and drags the food everywhere. Then he won't eat it because it's covered in coco fiber. We were thinking of covering less than half of his container...

Tortellini, 1yr 3months. looks so proud of himself!? Both the mother and father do not dig. The other babies also did not dig, including the ones that were 4yrs+ This one does, the digger of the family. What are some solutions to keeping a digger safe in the yard once they get old enough to...

How does the progress look so far? I've been keeping the humidity at a constant 70-85%. He is now 1yr old. As soon as I started the humidity change he has been growing very fast at a steady pace, doubling in size every month. I know his tank is dirty I'm cleaning it out today. And I know...

I bought my tortoise from a local breeder in California, I chose this particular one because he was the oldest out of the litter, 8months at the time. I did notice that two of his hexes on the top were very little pyramids but I chose him anyway thinking its from growing up on a bad diet. He is...

I live in Colorado, my Sulcata tortoise is 10 months old. It can get pretty cold up here down to 10° at times. In the day it's usually 30°. I leave the lights on for 12hrs with a basking heat of 95-105°. I have a tiny studio so his tank is actually right next to the living room heater. I don't...