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When introduced into a new a home, I've noticed a lot of tortoises have trouble eating at first. I was wondering what species that was most common in. I see a lot of Russians, Hermann's, some Sulcatas, some Redfoots, and a few Greeks. But that's just from me looking through the boards a...

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=152&de=969845 What do you guys think? Genuine? If so I think i might snap her up for my breeding project. I am REALLY doubting this is.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/pet/3733311174.html This sulcata is supposed to be seven years old, but she looks really tiny for that age. It also looks like she's being kept in a glass tank with sand as her substrate. I see mention of a heating lamp in the ad but none of a UVB lamp. Looks...

I noticed that Mazuri has some molasses today so I looked it up and most people agree it is there to tempt the tortoises into eating it. I also am going to pick up some Zoomed Grassland for some extra fiber but I hear a lot of tortoises will bypass that stuff and not even bother with it...

I really enjoy keeping my tortoise and am in the process of hopefully adopting another. In the future I might want to breed tortoises, but if I did I think I'd want to breed tortoises for pets. I would want to choose the individuals who are most friendly and confident and breed them...

Ellington came to me with a little bit of a pillow-y shell. I've been soaking her every other day, keeping her humidity at about 50%, feeding her a variety of weeds and spring mix as well as supplementing her diet with calcium (w/o D) and the TNT mix. To me, it looks as if her shell is...

Ellington doesn't mind the calcium powder (without D3) on her maché, but she will only eat her other greens without it, lol.

We have been working on an outdoor enclosure for our Hermann's and we realized how much room we actually had for more tortoises so my family and I have been seriously considering making either two enclosures for two male CDTs or a large enclosure for a few female CDTs. Firstly, we have a large...

So I asked the breeder and found out Ellington was born in August. I've been looking at other pictures of Hermann's around the same age and he/she seems really large to me. What does everyone else think? http://i.minus.com/ibseAnAVzuCySb.JPG http://i.minus.com/ibbEvKE360Afh3.JPG...

This is the first one. http://i.minus.com/iQpADCBzAi3BO.JPG I think it COULD be Little Mallow, but I'm not positive. This is the second. http://i.minus.com/ibyfn7yt8hInI5.JPG I thought perhaps it could be Nipplewort but I really have no idea. We have it ALL OVER so it would be great if it...

This is for my new Hermann's hatchling. The humidity is around 50%, it was 60% last night but dropped to 30% this morning so now I have a towel over most of enclosure and I've been adding a lot of water to the moss under the CHE. The temperatures are: Basking: 93-100 depending on where I...

I just picked up my new baby not even an hour ago. He/she is settling into their new home right now. I'm still trying to pick out a gender neutral name that my future grandkids won't make fun of me for, lol.

I know everyone recommends Spring Mix, and that is what I planned to use until I start growing some more flowers/grasses/weeds, but I also know lots of spinach isn't advised. Unfortunately the organic mix they sell here is primarily baby spinach so instead I picked up the mixed baby greens. I...

I've been reading the End of Pyramiding thread and I see that spraying the shell helps a lot. I was wondering if adding some cold-pressed Argan oil along the seams would help as well. It absorbs really quickly and doesn't clog pores so I don't think it would cause any problems if I were to leave...

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pet/3507223416.html Unfortunately I do not have to room to house a Sulcata but this guy really needs help. Just thought I'd let you guys know in case any of you could take him.

Hey all! I've always wanted to adopt a Russian tortoise and now I finally have the room and time to get one. I've been doing a lot of research on keeping them and this site has been a very useful resource. I forewarn you all, once I adopt my tortoise you guys can expect a lot of questions...