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My family plans on moving to Scotland in a couple of months, and I've been putting in some research but am not getting definitive answers. I have three tortoises, one greek, tortoise, and two desert tortoises. I've had one of the deserts for six years and the other for two, both were gifted to...

You might wanna separate them they are Testudos the most aggressive tortoise family.

If that is the case how long do you think it'll last?

Hi everyone, this is my first post and I'd like to get to it as quick as possible. So today I got a Sonoran Desert Tortoise from a friend, at my friends house he looked pretty healthy but on the car ride back to my house he started making clicking and croaking noises. I thought he was just...

He was rereleased and still went looking for the tort?! This dude is psychotic!

One of my tort's names is Koopa as well! :)

Sorry for your loss. :(

When I got my first tortoise, he did the same thing. He wouldn't eat the lettuce, strawberries, carrots, grapes, or apple slices I gave him, and then 2-4 days later he was eating. The trick is to just wait.

My Sonoran Desert Tortoise has always whistled through her nose, even while sleeping. So I don't know if it is stress or a respiratory infection cause I know they can get that, or maybe it's just her thing.

I personally think you should just bandage it and add calcium to its food until you notice a change. Otherwise, I'd take it to a vet.

I'm not sure it was pine bark but my friends family bought some sort of substrate for their new baby Sulcata, and it got very sick.

Yeah, I wasn't so sure if mine was a Sulcata or not because she's 8 and is still 7-inches in length. I compared her to a Sonoran Desert Tortoise and they look so similar. So I'm pretty positive that's what mine is. I do give her baths twice per month but she doesn't change.

My Sonoran Desert Tort, Roxie, isn't pooping either. She eats occasionally every other day in the morning but lets her other food dry out. She's also been really sleepy and isn't that active. Now I know that tortoises hibernate, but she's right by a window and gets sunlight about 7-hours out of...

1. Galapagos Giant Tortoise 2. Aldabra Giant Tortoise 3. African Sulcata Tortoise 4. Leopard Tortoise 5. Yellow-Footed Tortoise 6. ???

Yeah, both torts have an indoor cage and an outdoor enclosure. But I always need to keep an eye on the temp sometimes they overheat when their pool is filled.

When I first got my tort Koopa, he didn't eat or drink for about four days, I've had him for five years and now he's doing just fine. I think they just need to adjust. And some tortoise species including, Russian, Moroccan, and Hermann's are really territorial so I'd keep an eye on them.

I'll be praying for the little guy. Don't lose hope. :)

My female did it once. Freaked me out, to be honest! But my male does it whenever he goes potty.

Yeah, I got Koopa in 2015, and Roxie in 2017, thought Koopa was lonely. But he wasn't. He was just grumpy. We've got two different cages for them though.

Depending on her age, if she's mature enough. You can always tell the gender by checking the plastron (under shell), if it's concave its a male, if it's flat it's a female. From the pictures, the tort looks like she is in fact a she. Same things happened to mine before when I gave them a bath!