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  1. The Adjustor

    Please help my sick tort?

    Hello everyone. I haven't been active on this forum for quite a while, but I have returned because I am very worried about my baby golden greek tortoise. Lately he has not been eating, and he also will not move around at all. If anyone could give me some advice I would appreciate it so much...
  2. The Adjustor

    Pics of my tortoise enclosure

    Thought I'd share some pictures of my tortoise enclosure. It's 30" x 30" and 18" high. Has about 4-5 inches of 50/50 coconut husk/garden soil mix for substrate. A hide cave which is currently blocked by the sideways pot (I'll open it up when he gets a little bigger, I feel the hide is too open...
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    Bugs in enclosure

    I just put some more soil and moss in my torts soon-to-be new enclosure to make the humid hide. I noticed a few small bugs in the dirt after i mixed it all in. I think it was from the moss because I noticed them inside the humid hide and I've never seen them anywhere before (I don't use moss...
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    Pictures of Hercules!!!

    Finally found my charger for my camera so I got some nice pics of Hercules enjoying some grub for y'all. Hope you enjoy! :D And I managed to capture him taking a nap in his food dish this morning. So cute. Looks like he's using his greens as a pillow :P. Thanks for...
  5. The Adjustor

    Desert Tortoises?

    Hey everyone I just have a question about the legality of keeping desert tortoises. I've noticed a few members on here who have desert torts, and I've always thought it was illegal to keep a desert tortoise as a pet. I live in southern Arizona and I've seen a few of them out in the wild, and...
  6. The Adjustor

    Baby greek hasn't pooped?

    Okay so i've had Hercules my baby golden greek for about a week and a half now, and I havn't yet found any feces in his enclosure. Right now he's still in his temporary "quarantine" bin which has paper towels as substrate (so as to make finding the poop easier), and some timothy hay for him to...
  7. The Adjustor

    [split] help with my new baby golden greek

    I also just got a baby golden greek on sept 24, and it is my first tortoise as well. He has been sleeping most of the day, and doesn't eat very much. I have seen him eat every day so far except today - had to go to work, but he hardly eats any of what I give him. I guess i'm not sure how much he...
  8. The Adjustor

    Hi, new here

    Hello all, I just got a baby golden greek tortoise at the Tucson reptile expo yesterday so I thought I'd sign up here in hopes of learning as much as I can about my new tortoise. His name is Hercules, he is about 4 or 5 months old and weighs 34 grams. I have done a lot of research already, but...
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