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Hudson got a new home today!! But he won't come out of hiding :( I'm so excited for him to explore his new giant kingdom :D

Hudson had his first taste of fresh grass and clover today!! And... he loves it!! I can't get over his cuteness.

Ahhhh. I'm getting really tired of the annoying bugs that come along with humid tortoise environments!! Not only do I have tons of gnats, but I've got springtails in numbers that I am NOT ok with.. they have moved from being just in the enclosures to being everywhere.. I just inspected my bed...

I have tons of little flying gnats in my tortoise enclosure and they are driving me absolutely insane! It's to the point where I can't even watch Netflix on my phone at night with the lights off because they are escaping the enclosures and gravitating to the light if my phone. How on earth do I...

Hi everyone, so I got this desert tortoise yesterday. He's in terrible shape and I'm struggling. I have heard several different mixed advice on what kind of indoor habitat o should be keeping him in until he's healthy enough next spring to be housed outdoors. (I live in Tucson Arizona in case...

Today I got the desert tortoise rescue that I've been anticipating the past two weeks. The poor thing is in worse shape than I expected.. he is 5 years old, hatched in 09. He fits in my palm, has pretty bad pyramiding for a desert tortoise, he was attacked by the previous owners dogs countless...

Hi all! So I've been doing a bit more in depth research on a sulcata tortoises diet and I'm confused about something.. grass hay. I know their diet should be 75% grasses and 25% weeds and greens. In all honesty i have not fed mind ANY grasses yet. He's just been getting greens like kale...

Hudson has me constantly laughing! He got hung up on his food dish today and his 4 little legs just kicked and kicked. Once I was able to function after I finished laughing I had to snap a pic before I could help him out. I love this little dude.

Hi all! This coming week I will be adopting a desert tortoise from a friend of mine who rescued him several months ago from a bad home. The past several months he has lived on apartment patio cement and she is just not able to provide him a proper home or care so she asked me if I would adopt...

Hey everyone! I'm working on an outdoor tortoise area and am going to be growing grass so they can graze. What I'm wondering is how do I go about growing grass (rye) without fertilizer??? I was talking to my dad about it earlier this morning and he told me that the grass won't grow if I don't...

I'm really excited about this outdoor tort area that I'm building so i decided to make a progress thread to post pictures of it in the making!! It's roughly about 60sqft. It will have grass covering about half of it along with tortoise friendly weeds, and the other half will be cypress mulch. :)...

It's happening! My adorable little guy is growing up. I've only had him a month and I can't even describe the love I have for this little dude. he cracks me up and melts my heart all in a days work. I'm going to enjoy the tiny cuteness while it lasts!

I have now had my little baby sulcata for a little over a month! He seems healthy hes growing like a weed and eats like a little piggy. One thing i have noticed though is that his cute little face is DIRTY all the time but i don't know what from. It's like dark brown and black. I can't figure...

My loves sure do enjoy having their daily soaks outside in the sun! I'm so obsessed with these two.

Little Hudson has been at it all morning exploring his newly redecorated enclosure! He's so cute I can't handle it.

I have had little Hudson now for over a month and it seems like he looks bigger every time I see him! Which is several times a day. I don't know if its just wishful thinking or if he really is starting to grow nicely and catch up where he was lacking in size. What do you all think? I think it...

Help. I feel like a horrible person. I had my two tortoises Jones and Hudson outside soaking up some UV rays and my dog had a medical emergency. I was taking care of her and completely forgot the torts outside. They were in direct sunlight for about 30-35 minutes. The sulcata is fine, but my...

I think it's safe to say that Hudson is making up for his abnormally small 2 month old 36 gram lost time! I weighed and measured him on the 1st of this month and he was 2 inches and 36 grams. 4 days later to today and he's now 2 1/2 inches and 40 grams. :D wooohooo!! I was a bit worried that my...

I noticed today that the cypress mulch in my redfoots enclosure has super tiny little white almost transparent bug things in it. I saw them swarming a piece of uneaten collards while I was spot cleaning. What are these and do I need to be worried?? I don't see any on Jones himself. Just in the...

My loves get to soak the sun up in totes until I build them their outdoor sunning areas. They aren't too happy with me. Jones lost his freedom privilege when I had to keep pulling rocks out of his mouth every 20 seconds. Silly boy.