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Hey guys, I'm back with really incredibly not good follow up. Unfortunately I didn't see the last two comments advising for calcium intake, as I think that was the problem. But I'm really horribly sad to have to say that Rory passed away this morning. The vet said that he probably had a...

Aw! I can't imagine handling it with an actual anxiety issue on top of it all!

He's an Ibera greek. I don't know exactly when he was born, unfortunately.

Yeah, it has some give to it. It's about that translucent in reality, too. Which I thought was normal but it seems like adult torts have very thick/solid underbellies not at all like that?

Hi all! Not to be the paranoid tortoise girl (again...) but I was wondering if anyone could tell me if anything is wrong with my baby's plastron/share pictures of their babies'. I can't seem to find any pictures of babies', and I feel like his is way thinner and more delicate than what little...

Yeah, I thought the food might not be the best either, so I picked up a spring mix at the store today and I've started mixing it in. He seemed really fond of the green tango, at least.

Glad to hear it isn't just me! I do hope it's only a phase. I just don't want him to be bored or unhappy here.

Okay, so should this create a decent gradient (the black thing to the right is the light/heat source, and he has a little dark/cool room behind the wall on the left) There's at least a visible difference from the light before, when everything was uniformly lit, and now there's like one brighter...

Yeah, I'll try moving the heat lamp up and over a bit. Thanks!

Hi guys! I'm a very new tortoise-mommy to an ibera greek hatchling named Rory, and I've got a question about his behavior that I was hoping someone here could answer and maybe calm my nerves a bit. When we first moved him into my house (about 3 weeks ago), he was fairly active, and he would...