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I want to thank everyone for your replies so far. I’ve read them all and am taking everything in. I care about Lou like a child, and all the reassurance is making me feel much better. He is acting no different, very active and aware, still eating and drinking. So I’m keeping positive thoughts...

Thank you for your response. I have always wanted an automatic mister but the local pet store advised to stay away from it for some reason so I just mist his glass tank with a spray bottle once a day. I have since bought a Zoo Med nocturnal heat lamp to keep the enclosed warm at night as well...

Hello everyone, Recently my beloved Lou (8 year old cherry head) has been diagnosed by a vet that he has pneumonia. I have been under a dark rain cloud ever since I heard and I’m desperate to make him okay and healthy again. He will be visiting the vet every 3 days for injections to hopefully...

Anything yet? :(

Just blackberries!! I've never given him mulberry but maybe I should try it out :)

Lou with his favourite fruit!! ❤️

Still thinking about you and your tortoise!! Keep positive thoughts he's gotta show up sometime! ❤️

Anything yet? :(

I don't really have too much advice other than to not give up on searching anytime soon! Continue to tell neighbours and nearby shelters, vets, etc. Please please keep this post updated on if you find your tort. All the best!

Hahah I love it!! Either guess is good enough for me thanks

I see how this could have been misinterpreted but I keep him in a tank in my basement, I only let him out when I am down there watching TV or cleaning, etc. he is supervised at all times! After Lou got passed the age of 2 or so, he stopped eating everything like a toddler does and only likes to...

I have a 5 year old cherry head tortoise named Lou! His enclosure is in the living room in my basement. My stepfather is an avid guitar player and has numerous guitars and amps in the room with Lou. About a year or so ago my tortoise has become captivated with a big Randall amp. As soon as you...

He has some pyramiding because I was given false information when I got him as a baby. I was told that I needed indoor/outdoor carpet as his bedding so I went along with it. It wasn't until he started pyramiding that I realized it was a major problem because it doesn't give any humidity and I...

Originally when Lou was a baby, I had him in a small glass tank but as soon as I had him a year my mother bought me a very large aquarium for him that would be good for his size for a long time to come so it's perfect for him! I've heard a lot of negative things about glass tanks so I've always...

I did make an account back then but forgot about it. I'll be using it a lot more though now :) I keep him in a glass aquarium (which I know can be frowned upon) but I have Cyprus mulch and UV lamp, 100 watts, and bring him out of the tank quite often! Thanks! We're from Ontario Canada :)

His diet consists of greens, a variety of fruits, also a weekly serving of protein (wet cat food mixed with soaked zoo med forestry pellets) that was suggested from the professional when I bought him. And I also give him Rep-Cal tortoise pellets as a filler, he loves them. Is there anything I am...

I do bathe him as often as I can, also after he's been outside I bathe him before putting him back in his enclosure. I also lather him in coconut oil every few weeks but they keep coming back. His bedding is Cyprus mulch but I don't think that can explain how symmetrical the cuts are and they're...

Poor baby, all the best to the tortoise as well as you and your daughter. Thankfully the foot does not look infected so no immediate attention should be needed. Maybe once things settle and money isn't so tight get it looked at by a vet just so you can get some answers. Give him endless love and...

hello! I have a male cherry head tortoise going on 6 years old in October. Starting about last November or so, I noticed Lou had two symmetrical "cuts" on both sides of the opening of his jaw. I got very worried at first, but after a few days they turned darker, scabbed, and then fell off. I was...