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When we bought our lovely Countess at the East Bay Vivarium a little over a year ago they told us that she was somewhere between 7 and 10, at that point she was about 5-6 inches long and weighed about 500-600 grams. Now she's grown quite significantly, she is about 6.5 inches long and weighs 950...

I figured it out. I don't think she liked the bright green color. When she would go up to the top she wouldn't even want to go near where her ramp was, she'd literally tortoise sprint over to the other side. I moved the little heat lamp (75W) over to where the top of the ramp is to make her more...

It goes up about a foot over two and a half feet, not that steep. It has AstroTurf on it.

Hi, I've got a greek tortoise, Countess, and she's afraid to go down her ramp. When we first got her she wasn't very active and never used her ramp to get to the second floor of her table. Now that she's been romping around more often, she has discovered her ramp and can't resist going up it...

Tried chopping some dandelion and other weeds in, I think she ate some of them but it's hard to tell. Thanks for the tips!

I've had my Greek, Countess, for two months now. She took quite a while to start eating regularly. Now that she does she pretty much only eats baby spring mix (thankfully she doesn't seem to mind her multivitamins). I know that this type of diet sustained over a long period of time is unhealthy...

Anybody know?

After 10 days she finally ate some lettus

She pooped on the way home. It looked good to me, dark green and firm. When she goes again I will bring it to a vet. I'm no tortoise expert, but she looks very healthy to me and her shell feels solid. We have yet to weigh her. We have a chart to compare her weight and length, but since she...

Thanks for the quick responses! We have a ZooMed 24" 10.0 UVB Bulb, also we would love to bring her outside, but the weather hasn't been great in oakland lately, and we only have a front yard so we'd have to chaperone her the whole time so nobody messes with her. I don't know if she...

Hello! My name is Nina, I'm a first time tortoise owner and I live in Oakland, California. I got my Greek tortoise, the Countess, from the East Bay Vivarium. She is approximately 7 to 10 years of age, and appears to be perfectly healthy (she has no pyramiding, her skin looks fine, and there are...