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Hello, Wondering if anyone has suggestions for water dishes for large species. Just wondering if anyone has come across any particular brands or designs that work best. Or if they have come up with good solutions to an inground water dish/soaking pond. Specifically talking about large Sullys...

Tragic news. My 8 year old Radiated tort was killed last night by fire ants. He lived in an outdoor enclosure and has been thriving for years. This morning he wasn’t in his usual spot. I found him in a corner of his pen covered with fire ants. His neck, eyes and face had swollen to point he was...

Hello everyone! I have several species of tortoise and different enclosures, Sulcata, Aldabra, and Radiated. I live in Phoenix Arizona so toasty warm most of the year, but the last week or so we’ve had temps dropping into the 40s at night. All of my tortoises are kept outside and have small...

Hello, I have a six-year-old Aldabra It has started walking strangely. He has always been healthy and had a great appetite, still does in fact but I have noticed he is walking strangely. He almost seems to limp on his left rear leg, Every time he attempts to put weight on it he drops onto his...

Hello everyone, I have a question that has been bugging me for a while and hopefully you will have some suggestions. What can I do to increase the humidity in my large tortoise hides? For some background, I have 2 Aldabs (about 40 lbs each) and they have a Rubbermaid shed with a door cut into it...

So, I hope to be welcoming home a baby Aldabra in the next 6 months. I want to plan ahead. I have seen conflicting opinions on how to start them for the first couple years. I was planning on a tortoise tub in order to maintain humidity and temp for the first year or so. But I have recently seen...

I was wondering if anyone has info/opinion on raising Aldabra in the Phoenix, AZ area. I know many species thrive in backyards here, but, is it too hot and dry for Aldabra? My sulcata love their yard, pretty heavily planted with grasses, shrubs and trees, but you can't escape the fact that...

Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum and could really use some help. I already have an adult Sulcata that we rescued after it was abandoned. I'm happy to say she is thriving in our backyard here in Phoenix. Just before Xmas, a coworker dropped a baby sulcata on our doorstep. Unfortunately it...