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The little guy was doing great for the first 6 months I had him/her, but then stopped eating. I adjusted the heat in the habitat, made sure he looked hydrated, but he kept just going into a shady place and burrowing and not coming out to eat at all. He had shade, cool shade, warm shade...

I have two young turtles - about 2 inches and about 4 inches diameter - that I put in a new habitat (40 gallon long with ramps to a sand/dirt box, UV light, heat lamps over the 'beach', rocks on the bottom, external cannister filter). They have pretty much dug into the sand and not come out and...

Flat plastron about 5-6 inches long, fat looking tail but keeps it tucked in ... here's pix ... trying to figure out how old and how often to feed. Yasso (name of the tortoise ... ) gets excited about feeding time whenever I mist and goes to the bowl but I know adults are only supposed to be...

I have a hatchling (I think a greek ... ) set up in a 50 gallon sterilite bin w a basking light and a UVB light, a hide w spaghnum moss, substrate = ecoearth dirt/coir, and a small paint tray w very shallow water in the far end. Feeding cut up dandelion greens, carrot tops, parsley, and zoomed...

Is this kid greek or russian? Sounds like in terms of care, they are fairly similar but ... are they? Eeek!

Hi, I live in Georgia (USA) and have been taking care of animals at home and as a career since I was ... 12? I am almost 47 now so you can imagine that is a long time. I have had mostly mammals, some birds, and have primarily cared for apes in my job. I also have worked at some wildlife rehab...

Tons of great knowledgeable folks on here, I see ... I have had a few turtles for some years and took care of tortoises at work off and on, but this is the first time I had my own. I have a hatchling and a juvenile, no idea the age of the juvy, pretty sure it is a she (flat plastron ..?). Been...