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Thank you!! I've never owned any animal besides a dog and then this cutie came along and I fret to make sure he is well taken care of. He's got very little pyramiding but that's cause when i got him I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, Thankfully I did my studying and fixed that fast! (I...

Is is normal for it to be stiff? Maybe it is just him... But it's bigger than normal. I guess just growth! lol I love when he grows!

UPDATE :tort: Little mister DJ is as spoiled as can be and as alive as ever! <3 He is in a 100 gallon tank now with goldfish, sucker fish , and snails, and oddly enough they live in harmony! lol Seeing as he was in terrible condition when we found him his shell was extremely damaged so he has...

My African Sulcata Tortoise, Turbo, has a swollen area, the soft tissue that is on the left and right of the anus. He is a year and a half old and shows no signs of pain when I touch the areas. They are stiff to the touch rather than the normal soft/squishy. This is a new occurrence seeing as I...

Here is an update on my little man. His shell is not nearly as rough looking but it's still not the bright green that I feel it should be. I have attached some photos so that you can see the progress. Thank you all for your help!

When he is in his enclosure he always gets on his little basking platform and lets himself dry off and bask for a while.. the only reason I know this 100% is cause I thought the same thing as you mentioned. but he is drying himself very well and then jumping in and swim everywhere. I have been...

what would be the fastest way to get his shell strong again? he refuses to take the liquid calcium straight, he won't touch his cuttlebone with a 10 foot pole and I am just stumped. His shell has had soft spots since we found him, thankfully it's not getting worse... but it's definitely not...

thank you very much!! he was TERRIBLE when we first found him. my dad thinks a bird had him and he wiggled away like you were saying. the edges of his shell are worse than the top. the center has gotten a little better the edges look like they are trying.. i will make sure to pick up the vita...

Yeah, he is quite a character. He will stretch ALL the way out and stick his head in his food bowl and sleep lol

i can't wash it off with a soft tooth brush it's more like a peeling than anything. i was just hoping that posting this would help me and it really has! i have never had a water turtle and this little guy was kinda just thrown into the mix. I couldn't just leave him. I didnt' know that they...

it was worse a few days ago it has gotten a little better but around the edges are still terrible. give me a second and i can get a close up of the edges. I have to let him dry off. [hr] here is a close up

I have bought some providone-iodine cause I read if is shell rot that it will help. But i wanna post on here first. He is from the wild so I reallt don't know how long he was in my front yard away from water and just how long he had been without food. Thank you for the bump. I just really want...

thanks everyone!! i didn't think it was too much to worry about the onlything that is causing me to question it is how he kicks his leg as if something is kinda bothering him. only way i can describe the kicking would be it's like he is being tickled and kicks that foot to make it stop?? i'm not...

thank you!! i can't explain how much this forum has helped me in the past few months. He is almost 7mo. (from date I got him)

I posted here about 6 months ago as a new momma. Thought I would give an update on my little man. He is now 180grams and is very active. He is in an overly huge enclosure lol i forgot the size. He is on eco earth soil and has a little fogger that is on during the day. the usual uvb, day heat...

While chaos was ging on in our family on a really terrible day my dad walked outside and found a baby red eared slider. It was in our front yard no where near water and no where near any other turtles. He was really dried up so we put him in some water and decided we would keep him. we ended up...

My little guy Turbo has a swollen area around his back legs. It's just a little puffier than normal and when he is in his enclosure basking I noticed that he kinda rondomly kicks his leg like something could be bothering him. He still walks around, eats, and passes urine/bowels like normal. I...

Thank you!! Our other hobby is building import cars and Turbo just seemed to be the best fit for his name. :)

Thank you so very much!! He is our "first child" lol

Since that photo i have actually gotten rid of the water bowl cause last night he flipped himself into it and we now have that little basin you're talking about. The uvb light is a floresent tube not the coil. His enclosure is kept around 75-85 humidity and his bowels are very regular. He has...