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    SHOULD I BATHE OR SOAK FIRST? (Baby Tortoise)

    What do you guys think is best?
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    QUESTION FOR LEOPARD TORTOISE OWNERS -marks on head

    I don't mean the scales. I mean the dark brown lines.
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    QUESTION FOR LEOPARD TORTOISE OWNERS -marks on head

    I have a baby Leopard tortoise. He is a hatchling. He has those typical brown markings on his head- they look like cracks. Just google leopard baby tortoises to see pictures of them. I'm wondering if anyone here knows if those markings will ever go away when he/she gets older. Or do they stay...
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    PLEASE HELP! NEED HELP WITH BABY LEOPARD HATCHLING TORTOISE

    Thanks, but it wont let me click the link. I put it into address bar and showed a blank page. that sux
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    PLEASE HELP! NEED HELP WITH BABY LEOPARD HATCHLING TORTOISE

    Yvonne, what about basking temps for baby leopard hatchlings? What should those be?
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    PLEASE HELP! NEED HELP WITH BABY LEOPARD HATCHLING TORTOISE

    oh reallY? WOW. Because my friend has a Sulcata tortoise and he has to use UVA basking light. They said its necessary. So Leopards don't need UVA but Sulcatas do?
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    PLEASE HELP! NEED HELP WITH BABY LEOPARD HATCHLING TORTOISE

    IM CONFUSED ON WHAT LIGHTS TO USE. EVERHWHERE I READ SAYS UVB FOR SURE. BUT NOWHERE DOES IT SAY UVA. WHAT KINDS OF LIGHTS AM I SUPPOSED TO USE FOR A BABY LEOPARD HATCHLING???!? I HAVE A UVA IN HIS ENCLOSURE AND HE SEEMS TO BE STAYING AWAY FROM IT. AT THE PETSHOP THEY JUST HAD HIM UNDER A UVB AND...
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    Help!! I think coco is sick! ???

    Could Coco be allergic to the substrate perhaps? Maybe change it out to something else and see if that helps.
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    Help!! I think coco is sick! ???

    i tried cuttlebone on her a long while back. She refused to.eat it. Althougb she would let me sprinkle some on her food. But she would never eat it straight off the bone which is what I prefer so she can eat as much or as little as she wants. She straight out refused the reptical sprinkled on...
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    Finally posting pics of enclosure.

    Looks great. Now add some fake plants and greenery! Tort will love it. Also you can use wallpaper with trees on it to make it more realistic. My tort loves that.
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    Help!! I think coco is sick! ???

    when my little Babydoll was sick, Reptaid and pedialyte (Half water, half unflavored pedialyte) helped bring her back. Lots of prayer as well. a normal.heating pad against her house keeps her warm. My littlr Babydoll.was picky about Calcium. She only ate minerall.and now natural chalk I found...
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    BLACK SPOT ON SULCATA TORTOISE HEAD. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?

    My 1 year old Sulcata tortoise has a black spot on her head.She didnt develop it until a few months ago. Anyone else experienced this??? What could it be? It doesnt look like mold or like it hurts, almost looks like a burnt spot on her head. But its almost literally black or very dark brown.
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    How to feed calcium to juvenile red foot tortoise

    My baby Sulcata wouldnt eat the one from petsmart (Repti-cal), but she loves "MINER ALL." Highly recommend.
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    Lighting- So much conflicting info!!

    All I know is stay away from those coil uvb bulbs! Almost killed my baby sulcata!
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    URGENT! Respiratory infection?

    My baby sulcata had similar symptoms around same time. I went to a vet. They wanted to inject my lil baby with sone sort of antibiotic, generic baytril, but after reading some posts here where the antibiotic had some bad side effects and even was accused of killing a couple of tortoises, i...
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    Help! Bonnie is starting to decline?

    Im not sure what is wrong with her, but I can tell you what I did when my baby sulcata hatchling was sick, and it brought her back to life. I gave her daily baths in 1/2 pedialyte 1/2 water and also used a product called REPTAID on Amazon. Both those things did wonders and thanks be to God, my...
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