Hi all, I was wondering if the weeds in my yard were safe for my marginated tortoise to eat. None of these have been treated with any pesticides or weed killer. I have labeled the photos 1 and 2. Any help with identification is greatly appreciated thank you!
Yes only one. I had accidentally looked up the measurements for his original enclosure I took him home in. He is currently in a 2x4 foot enclosure. Sorry about the confusion and thank you!
I have one marginated tortoise that I acquired from a breeder 11 days ago. They are being housed in a wooded enclosure with terracotta plates for water and food. They have a rock under their basking lamp and their hide is kept 75°F-80°F throughout the day/night and 90°-98° under the basking...
Hi, my tortoise has a daily soak everyday for 20-30 minutes and has water available in their bowl. During their daily soaks, they do seem to pass stringy-like urates. Their hide’s humidity stays between 55-70. They have been passing what I believe is hard urates for 3 days now. I have attached a...
Thank you for the helpful thread. I have removed the sphagnum moss. I phrased his "ladder" wrong it is more of a ramp that he likes to climb on. After reading a little more on ramps for tortoises I realized it should have sides or barriers so there is no chance that he will fall off of it. Let...
I recently built a new enclosure for my tort and he has a dark place to hide with sphagnum moss in it to try and keep it humid but he sleeps under the basking lamp all night. The temps in the hide is 75°F (all day) while the basking temp ranges from 89°F-100°F (during the day) and 73°-78°F...