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Hi all, I just found out that my 1yr old tortoises have been gaining too much weight over the months as they are only meant to be putting one or two grams but ours have been gaining more than that. When we first got the tortoises they both weighed 38g where as now the larger of the two has put...

Hi all, I have been reading posts on here about overgrown beaks and how to trim them. I was just wondering if my soon to be yearlings have overgrown beaks and if so are they too young to be trimmed. Thank you.

One of my 9 months old tortoises has suddenly stopped eating. She is slightly limping and is showing signs of pyramiding where the other tortoise who lives in the same environment is not. She won't eat anything and just walks away when I offer food to her. She also never seems to eat any...

I have noticed that where as one of my tortoises has a minor pyramiding problem the other hasn't and has a smooth shell. I have been trying to figure out why one of my hatchlings has it and not the other as I keep them in the same enclosure and they get the same food as one another. I first...

I'm not entirely sure if my torts have or haven't got pyramiding. I have only had them a couple of months and would appreciate any help. Please tell me if you can see any signs of pyramiding. Thank you

I got these two hatchlings on Christmas day as my x mas present and all seems to be going well. Please tell me what you think!

The title says it all: How deep should the substrate be? It is probably a really silly question, but I have heard many different answers to it. From only a few centimetres to more than a couple of inches. Is there an average amount of substrate that should be allowed for my tortoises to...

So my mum just came up to me and asked if this bulb would do instead of a fluorescent uv/b bulb. I just wanted to check with you if this was the case or if you always need a special reptile bulb. It is from PHILIPS and is 60 watt. Thank you!

As you can see in the title my question is do you actually have to have both the uvb bulb and a basking bulb as I will be getting two tortoises that will also be housing together would it be best if they had both bulbs or just one? Thanks in advance :)

So, I have heard a lot about the right and wrong sort of substrate to use and the main ones seem to be top soil and coconut coir. Im think of doing both for my tortoises enclosures but when ever I look up coconut coir to buy from shops it seems to be sold in blocks. So my question is that are...

Okay, so I've been interested in tortoises for a while now and i have been constantly browsing the web and TFO for enclosure ideas. I have found amazing tort tables but most of them are hand made which I cannot do. Anyway the main question here is to ask: Do you have any suggestions of good...