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Hey everyone!! So last year at TTPG I was offered, by someone I had just met, the next radiata he hatches after hearing that no one breeds them here. I was in shock and kinda still am, but he had one hatch a few weeks back and ready to come my way. Being local in AZ, and with both of us being...

Hello everyone! I took in several surrendered tortoises(3 Russians and 2 sulcata) at a reptile expo last weekend and to my surprise, the young “Sulcata” is actually a desert tortoise. I’m not sure if the people who surrendered it were aware of this fact, and since they dumped the torts and left...

A friend hit me up this morning with a pic and question on an 8 month old eastern Hermann’s. Has anyone ever seen folding like this from the plastron during growth? Husbandry is on par and all other hatchlings are growing normal. Any thoughts? Almost like reverse kyphosis or something genetic?

Hello everyone, Needing to ID this tort for rescue that has it. I’m thinking Ibera or Marginated? Hybrid? it was found 3 years ago walking the streets already painted. It’s been a teachers pet ever since. It’s had an obvious bad life, but any help would be great! Sadly, no plastron pic yet or I...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with enclosures near or under walnut trees? I feel like a falling walnut to the head would be fatal...? Hermann’s and Box Turtles is the species. Just curious on everyone’s thoughts! Thanks!

Very happy to have rescued an 11yo female Golden Greek and 1yo Sulcata yesterday. They were housed together in a 29gal aquarium and only got soaks once a week... So far I’m not seeing any Testudo Herpesvirus in the Sulcata, but my experience with it is zero. Not being extremely familiar with...

Hello all! Planning ahead, I wanted to look into which incubators any of you recommend for a small hobbyist beginner? Not looking huge, but enough to cover myself for a bit. I’ve hatched ducks and chickens all growing up, but never gone into torts. Hermann’s (T.h.b&T.h.h) and Russian’s. Any...

Greetings everyone! I’m new here but not to torts. I have historically only rescued mine but I have recently expanded my husbandry skills to hatchlings. I currently have a pair of rescued adult RT’s, 3:1 E.Box Turtles, a pair of hatchling eastern painted, 3 Hermann’s hatchlings; one Testudo...