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So I have three young tortoises and I am keeping my humidity high for them. I am mixing their bedding often but I am still noticing a slight white fungus growing in the bedding. How do I keep it from growing and ruining all the bedding? I am using 50/50 topsoil/coconut coir for their bedding. I...

Hey all just wondering how you do it. Do you keep the uvb on all day or just a few hours? I have heard and seen both ways here so was wondering which is most common. I turn my uvb on for 3 hours a a day for my torts that is all they seem to need according to those wiser than me. I think this...

I am wondering if this is usable for desert torts? I see some other people feed it to other types of tortoises. I am trying to add as much variety as I can to their diet and thought this looked interesting. I would not use this as the main meal but more of a topper for them. I currently have 3...

I have noticed that my young tortoises are eating some of the fibers or at least trying. On a couple of occasions I have seen the fiber in their mouths so I grab it and it seems like they swallowed a good portion of it. If they eat the fibers will it cause impaction or bind them up? I am...

My new little one has some kind of shell rot. He came to me this way. The vet prescribed chlorohexidine liquid apply on gauze pad and wipe on affected area 2x daily. It seems to have eroded his marginal and nuchal scutes pretty badly so i figure he has had it since birth maybe. I am thinking...

Do you feed hay to your CDTs? If so what is the best hay to offer, alfalfa, orchard, timothy??

I was at the home depot and saw a seed pack of California native wild flowers. I use a natural substrate in my indoor enclosure. Could I toss in the seeds and grow the wild flowers for my CDT babies? I am sure they would eat them at some point. Has anyone done this in an indoor enclosure? What...

I recently received three hatchlings from a friend whos tortoise had a surprise clutch hatch. They haven't had her around the male for a couple years so they can hold the sperm for a loooong time. They didn't notice any nesting behavior either but all of a sudden baby tortoise were all over...