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Hey all! We have an adult Horsfield's tortoise that we're trying to hibernate for the third year in a row. The prior attempts have been short-lived, as she has both times woken up and broke her way out of the box and fridge that we attempted to keep her in after only a few weeks, even at very...

Hello! With Spring arriving, our little horsfield tortoise has begun demanding outside time. Unfortunately, when we do take her outside, essentially all she does is beeline for dandelions, completely ignoring the bounty of other leafy weeds we have available for her. We've read that dandelions...

Hello! I have a (4-6?) year old Russian tortoise who we are finally looking to hibernate this winter, after having had her for about a year and a half. We don't really know how old she is, but she's not a baby and she's still growing. Following some recommendations we've found here, we...

Hello. Our Russian Tortoise yawns a lot. At first we thought it was cute, but now that we've noticed she does it sometimes 3 or more times after waking up, we're beginning to worry, as parents do. Today she yawned 6 times in short succession after leaving her hide, prompting me to post here...

Hi all, We've had our Russian tortoise for a little over 6 months now. She's had these black spots all over her skin (both arms and legs) since we got her, but we are recently noticing that no other Russian tortoises seem to have them, by way of looking at tortoise Instagram. Are these normal...

Hello all! My partner and I recently adopted a small female Russian Tortoise (named Coco). We've had her about 4 months. She generally seems pretty happy. However, recently, she has begun pooping far less than usual (once every ~3 or more days, rather than twice a day). She still eats the same...