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He is about 1.7 inches. I had him for about five months. I recently noticed his plastron is getting darker and there seem to be some greyish brown growth around the middle section of the shell. Is this shell rot? I am using reptibark, could this be the cause of it? Or is that simply new growth...

I found out that cuttlefish bone is great for tortoises. But is it possible for my tortoise to have too much cuttlefish bone? After leaving an eight inch cuttlefish bone in his enclosure for about two weeks, my 3 inch russian tortoise finished it. I noticed him passing urates more (2 times a...

I recently purchased two packets of mazuri diet for my Russian and hermann’s tortoise. The pet store staff recommended a different type of pellet (5E5L tortoise LS diet) and mentioned that the regular grape sized ones (5M21) is not ideal for daily feedings, should only be fed a few times a week...

Hi! I own a russian tortoise and a hatchling hermann's tortoise. I live in an Asian country, where veggies that are usually recommended as their diet are not conveniently accessible and purchasing these online can become quite pricey. I feed my tortoises the mazuri tortoise diet and some kale...

I got this tortoise a few months ago. Can someone help identify the sub species of him:) I think he should be an eastern one but I am not quite sure.