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Hello everyone, I'm wondering when my tort will be ready to live outdoors in a proper, heated and humid environment. He's 2.5 years old and about 15 pounds and still lives inside in his enclosure. When we bought him, we were told indoors until he was 4. Thoughts? I'm afraid of animals messing...

Hi friends! My Leo is two and a half and I am still feeding him mazuri pellets with calcium 3x a week. I've been feeding him this plus other grasses/flowers/etc since he was born but I'm wondering for how long I'm supposed to keep up the mazuri and calcium?

Hello peops! I'm re-doing herbs indoor pen to accommodate his growth and am wondering if y'all can suggest some good indoor plants that he can eat that I can put in his pen?

Is it possible to potty train a tortoise?? My guy loves to roam around the house but I have white carpet and don't want it stained with poop!

Hi everyone! Herb is just over a year old and recently tries to eat everything. I keep a close eye on him when he's in the backyard, but apparently not close enough! He pooped out 3 rocks in his bath tonight. He didn't seem bothered but they were so big compared to his little body that it had to...

Hi everyone, for a couple weeks now by baby Leo has been peeing orange! He's obsessed with carrots and eats a ton of them, but we pulled them from his diet for about a week and his pee was still orange. He is fully active and has 100% appetite so I don't believe he is sick...

Hi everyone! So when Herbie got sick, I bought him a new enclosure that was all germ-free and generally just better for his health. He is totally recovered (yay!) but now he won't eat. When we take him outside, he eats. When we put him on the living room floor after his bath, he eats. But he...

Hi everyone, so my 6 month old Leo has pneumonia and I thought it could be helpful to share what I have been doing to help him. I have read that this is a very common illness in baby torts. First of all, his initial symptoms were bubble nose, struggling to breathe (craning his neck and gaping...

Herb was diagnosed with pneumonia this afternoon :(( he's on antibiotics and I went out and bought him an entirely new enclosure all clean and super super warm. If anyone has any ideas to help him get better ASAP please let me know!! Your help is greatly appreciated!

My little 6 month old has been squeaking. It doesn't sound like an RI or that he's gasping for air, more like a kitten mewing... It's so bizarre! But is this normal??

Hi my name is Aubree and i live in southern california. I have a 6 month old African leopard tortoise and have had him since he was 2 months old. His name is Herb (for Herbivore!) my boyfriend, Sean, bought him as an anniversary gift.. Our first kid! Haha. So we will be using this site for new...