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Hello It's been a while.. wanted to circle back on this & hopefully get some advice. Last I posted Sheldon wasn't using his back legs, we took him to the vet and he let us know Sheldon was impacted by the substrate & malnourished. (we adopted him last December, so he was not in the best care...

Sheldon hadn’t eaten in two days, we thought he might have decided to hibernate. ( he's been burrowed/hiding the last few days) He was alert and looking around so I decided to give him a soak today, and when he got out of his pool I noticed he wasn’t using his back legs. He was just pulling...

Ya. his tail is usually tucked in, I'll try and snap a photo when I can

most of the feedback we've gotten says he's male

how damp should his substrate be? and is that just on one side of terrarium, or the whole thing? Also should i be spraying his substrate daily ?

Yes, the uv light does give off some heat as well. (The heat in our home is set to 65F at night.) we currently have one thermometer in the middle of his terrarium, and it shows 73f at the coolest (middle of the night//morning) and 84F during the day with th UV light on. WE've been keeping the...

WE gave Shelldon a worm today and he gobbled it right up! Sprayed one half of his substrate to dampen... Right now we have a UV light on one side of his terrarium and a CHE on the other side. Wondering if I should move the CHE to the same side as the UV so one side is cooler?

Thanks Y'all. I'll read up on the links shared. How do I tell if he is infact a he or she? (My hubby join a tortoise group on facebook, and folks in that group are saying he is a SHE)

Hello All My family adopted Sheldon about a month ago and I'm wanting to get some opinions on what species he might be. The lady we got him from did not have much info on him, (other than he likes pineapple & peaches) she had only had him a few months and got him from a "friend of a friend" So...