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Hi, i'm not very familiar with box turtles... a friend offered one to me, he/she is as big as my RES... can I combine them? thanks!!

Hi guys! I've just recently combined my 2 stars and they keep competing with each other. When they walk around their pen, I would see the smaller one(yoda) getting in the way if the bigger one(lucky) and she would not budge, she would push when being pushed and would just not give way, so you'd...

I decided to create a new thread since it's a different issue and experts might not notice my other one with a different title. Does tortoise with respiratory infection recover from it? How to properly care for them so they'd get better? My tort has been having injections... she's on her...

Hi, guys here I am again with questions, I swear keeping a tortoise is a never ending learning experience. After a year of keeping one, this new tort is giving me a hard time :( My star's eyes are watery, everything is fine except she sleeps longer but I left a cctv camera pointed at the pen...

I found this oxbow botanical hay, I wonder if I could use this as their substrate at the same time source of fiber/food for them? this is the content: This enticing blend unites Western Timothy Hay with a rich array of three of the following fragrant herbs: chamomile, lemon verbena...

Does anyone have an idea if this is ok for tortoise? I don't really need to create humidity since my country is very humid. Most substrates just give my tort runny nose. I use hay right now and rubber mats below it but the hay gets very dusty and too chaotic for me. I found this woven grass mats...

Are the lighter color in between the "square" of the star torts shell an indication of shell growth? Are they suppose to be softer? My torts shell is very hard but yesterday she tried to squeeze in between their hides, it's a clay plant pot. Now i see a little crack right where the lighter color...

I know lizards are harmless but do they carry anything bad that could affect a star tort? I have 2 lizards who constantly go to my torts pen, they are attracted to the insects roaming around the light. They also eat the ants around the pen.

I recently was able to finally find some cypress mulch. I poured it on their enclosure but my tort caught rns. Now she's doing ok and I have no idea what to do with the mulch. Should I throw it out since she used it when she had RNS or there is a way to 'disinfect' it? Like sunlight perhaps?

Since I cannot grow dandelions no matter how I try, Can anyone help me what other kinds of flowers/plants I could feed my torts? It's monsoon season and store bought veggies are very expensive. So far (plant-wise) I feed opuntia and hibiscus. I want to buy some plants that they could eat. I...

Sorry for starting another thread, I just have a question about their beaks, I've search the forums but mostly I see people teaching how to trim big tort beaks. What about for star torts? One of my star does not like to bite on cuttlebone. How do I trim her beak? And maintain it for that...

Our cat simba died :( He was having trouble peeing but he's a very quiet cat so we didn't realize it early on until he peed all over my bed and there's blood :( It was sunday and there was no vet to see him. The vet suggested We give him coconut juice, the first aid we usually use for kidney or...

My pond constantly gets bloodworms and sometimes mosquitos. The pet store told me I could put some sword tail and mosquito fish with them. Are they safe if they ate them? I have sword tail with them but they don't seem to be interested in eating them, might have something to do with how quick...

I had my star Yoda now for a year next month. She'd been the only one for 10 months. She's shy and eats very little. She also sleeps a lot she will not bask because it exposes her, in short she would just stay hidden as long as she could. She usually eats at night when everyone is asleep. Now...

I've read massive amounts of care sheets about substrates but i've never really understood the purposes of it. Is it mainly for humidity or just so substrate can absorb their pee and so it will not smell and cling to their body? Is it for digging? Do stars really need to dig? I ask because...

I'm thinking of getting more red eared slider, and im wondering if babies will be ok with my 7" turtles? Wilk they be harmed by the big ones?

I recently made a small pond for my RES, they've been living indoors since they were an inch big, they are now 7inches so we decided to make a pond for them. It rained today and I got worried if they can stay out in the rain, is that ok? Will i need to worry about the water temp? We're a...

Is it safe to feed chili leaves to star tortoise? Specifically bell peppers and bird's eye chili(hot chili). I hope this is ok for them. Running out of variety to feed my star tort :( dandelions and most weeds for then don't grow here. I've tried to buy seeds several times, and planted then...

Hello guys! One of my star tort developed a runny nose, she has clear mucous on only one nostril. I was told to drop salinase drops for a few days and if it does not improve bring her to the vet. So i did bring her to the vet. They injected her with anti biotics, i was told to bring her back...

I've had a star tort since last august 2010, She's a very lazy tort, sleeps all the time and rarely walks around. This behavior I heard is very normal for stars. Now I just got a new tort and he is very active. How do I know if his being active is a result of something other than him liking to...