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Can anyone that has indoor enclosures to house large tortoises post some pics of their setup. Please only setups for tortoises over 100lbs. I think my setups are nice, but I always like to see what others have so I can get better ideas and possibly make mine better. Everyones imagination is...

Is it just me, or does it annoy everyone else when people refer to tortoises as TURTLES? Everyone I know always calls them turtles. You don't get donkeys and horses, or rats and mice confused, so why the ignorance?

Will tortoises absorb powder calcium better than chewing up whole cuttlebones?

This might sound ridiculous and a dumb question but, my new sulcata who is pretty large (200lbs) was living inside before I brought him home. Is it possible that he isn't completely liking the sweltering heat we are experiencing in PA right now? He does everything he can to get out of the sun...

Hello, my name is Garett, I custom fabricate gates for animal enclosures. They make life much easier when entering and leaving your pets enclosure. Most importantly, they are built to last forever, and are escape proof. I personally fabricate the hinges, the gate, and my own latch system I...

So I'm in the process of constructing a new indoor enclosure for the winter months. I already have a separate room for my other 2, but the new guy needs his own place. Apparently my shepherd thinks the hide box, is for him. Ha

I may have typed too much when I started the thread "sulcata advise", but I never got any answers about why my new sulcata is spending 90% of his day inside his hide. He doesn't come out early in the AM like the others, and the same goes for the evening. It has been in the high 90's everyday...

Recently added a new sulcata to the family. He has his own separate enclosure from the other 2. I live in PA and drove to FL to pick him up. The enclosure where he was living in Florida had some type of shredded wood substrate. He was living inside. He has been in his new outdoor enclosure for...

Hello everyone, so my 2 males, (100 and 200 lbs) do not want to get along. I introduced them without the female present, and they will not stop. I only tolerated this for an hour, in which i was constantly moving them apart the whole time. A reptile vet at a local zoo told me they will get over...

My name is Garett, I am a metal fabricator by trade. I specialize in custom creations. Some of the items i have built are, toy haulers, custom mailbox posts, cannons, various sheet metal silhouettes, and everything in between. I also create metal turtles and tortoises. I can make them basically...

Hello everyone, I just discovered this forum a couple days ago. I think this is excellent. I am new to the whole Internet thing, so alot of this is brand new to me. I am into all turtles and tortoises, but sulcatas are my passion. I have 3 of them. One female at 65lbs, and 2 males, 100 and...