So my little guy has had these for at least three months, and it doesn’t seem to bother him, but is it natural? His legs and some of his head is black.
So I’ve been feeding my tortoise store bought dandelions and weeds from my back yard (see photo). But I’ve seen a lot of threads saying to feed them grass, but Leo won’t eat grass, hay, or anything like that. Is this okay? I also want to add that he chews on tiles a lot, is this mineral deficienc?
My tort will wake up up, eat, maybe drink, then go back in his hide and sleep. Is this okay? Are my lights to strong? I have a 5.0 uvb bulb (the long ones) and I can’t tell what kind of bulb, but here’s a picture
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Help! My tort has this weird piece of shell on the bottom of his shell. I can stick my fingernail under it, and could snap it off if I wanted to, but I don’t know if it’s safe.
Hiya all! I was thinking that I might make my tort an outdoor enclosure. He’s turning one in December, leopard tortoise, and I have a huge backyard. Any tips?
I know this sounds silly, but can tortoises hear the same things as humans? Cause sometimes when I give mine a soak I’ll play the piano for him. He’ll walk to the side closest to the piano and sit there listening as I play.
I got my tortoise as a baby last year for Christmas, but he wasn’t newly born, is there a way to determine his age? His plastron was kinda soft still when I got him.
My baby leopard tort seems to like rocks. Whenever I take him out, he tries to eat small pebbles and scrapes his beak on the stone pathway (it’s kinda rugged). Is this normal, or should I do something about it?
He has some light patches inbetween scutes on his shell. Also a little on the plastron. Is this a problem?This may be irrelevant but he also spends most of his time under his log and when I take him outside, he runs into the shade.