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Not sure if everyone is aware just how destructive these new 'green' forms of energy production are to the surrounding wildlife. It seems that environmental impact studies only hold up those projects not favored by politicians and guaranteed federally backed loans at stupid low interest rates...

Anybody know what type of prolapse this is? He was just straining to poop and it popped out a little bit. I have him sitting in warm water for a while.

Just finished up my closed chamber, ran my tests for a few days and then put my torts in for the weekend. I made it out of melamine because i needed to be quick about it. I tiled and sealed the bottom of the floor and used some of that cheap rubber baseboard to seal around the edges. And then I...

Need help with plant id for the hibiscus pictured below, it has waxy leaves that don't seem like other hibiscus.

This is Demetrius. He is a Macedonian Testudo hermanni boettgari from Chris Leone at Garden State Tortoise. He's an eating machine, and he's very rambunctious. Delivered August 8th First weigh in: 08/15/2018 - 19 grams / 45 mm SCL

This is Plutarch. He is a Testudo hermanni boettgari from Randy at TortStork. He is lively and very hungry and can't wait to see him grow up. Hatch Date: 06/11/2018 Arrival Date: 07/31/2018 07/31 - 19 grams / 43 mm SCL

I took a chance on the ReptiChip Substrate from Amazon: http://a.co/acsmB73 This product was fascinating as it came in a 10 inch cube but claimed to be 2.5 cuft. It's large chunks of coconut husks that absorb water and keep my open top tortoise table much more humid. Prior to using this...

Has anyone grown a tortoise like this one before? I have just taken in this little one, she is really special as she only has 1 normal scute out of 13. Her spine looks straight i think, but as she grows will she straighten out more? I've investigated the split scute adults and it seems like...

Some pictures of little Hermes in the planter box I have just filled with Testudo Mix from Tortoise Supply. It's looking nice and he sure is enjoying the sunshine. The last pic is my indoor setup, does anyone know if full spectrum lights will harm the tortoise? I wanted to keep some clover...

I have cross referenced the Ohio state wild plants resource with The Tortoise Table and have come up with a good guide for this part of the US based on the Genus of the plant. Let me know if you have any suggestions, these are only the plants for which i was able to find information. Safe To...

Hermes is an Eastern Hermann's Tortoise and this will be his growth thread since i haven't found one for eastern Hermann's yet. He was hatched 3/17/2018 and i received him on 5/22/2018. I just received my scale so now i can start the data recording. He had very little growth when he arrived but...

Here are some recent pics of Hermes getting his bath and his new big home. He is definitely growing, and the moist soil around the base of his plants is his hangout, he hasn't gone in his humid hide i got from Amazon. I've been incessant about humidity and have a pretty good covered system in...

Here is little Hermes making friends with his new brothers and sisters. Don't worry he wasn't in the least bit distressed.

Baby Hermes was out and about for Memorial Day.

Hello, my name is Kirk and i just received my first reptile in the mail yesterday, and Hermes is a male Eastern Hermann's Tortoise. I have a small tortoise table made out of a rubbermaid container with low sides. I have read a lot about lethargic tortoises, but Hermes has been crawling all over...