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Hi all! The new enclosure for our tortoise has arrived, and it's huge! Therefore, I need lots of substrate, preferably bark. I'm located in the Netherlands, and I'm looking for cheaper alternatives that the Zoo Med Repti Bark. I came across this website...

Hi all! As my Indian Star Tortoise Yoda keeps growing rapidly (currently 1.5 years old, appr. 200 g), we're planning on building her a new enclosure soon. We will be making a completely closed chamber, as the climate here isn't suitable to maintain the correct levels of heat and humidity...

Hi! I know there isn't much information/knowledge out there regarding the age of some tortoise species in captivity. However, I was just wondering, based on the experiences of other star owners, how old do you think they will approximately get in captivity? Given that they live in good and...

Hi all! On the 13th of June, we received two beautiful star tortoises and decided to call them Yoda and Dobby. They were hatched on the 2nd of April, so only two months old. When we received them they were 35g and approximately 5cm big, or small. This was the first picture take, when we just...

Hi all! I have a lovely spoiled baby star tortoise (5 months old). Food that he/she ate a lot from two days ago, he all of a sudden seem to dislike a few days later. The only thing that he constantly seems to eat is grocery greens, but I tried to avoid those, since at least for now I'm still...

Hey! We've acquired two beautiful indian star's (almost 4 months old). However, we've learned recently (via this forum), that tortoises shouldn't be living in pairs. Therefore, we're looking for a third indian star, approximately the same age, to balance it out. As we're living in the...

Hi! Since three weeks we have two star tortoises in our terrarium at home (they're three months old). We keep the humidity level at 80%, temperature underneath the basking lamp approximately 38/39 degrees Celcius and in the 'cool area' 25 C. We have an UVB lamp and give them a variety of food...