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I’ve seen a lot of conflicting info on ambient temps for this species when kept indoors. Does anyone have recommendations?

From what I’ve read, millipedes seem to be a staple part of a wild hingeback tortoise’s diet. I’m considering adding them to a bioactive enclosure with my speke’s, however I’m worried about the millipedes poison. Does any one have any experience with this? I’d likely be using bumblebee or...

Hello, I’ll be moving in a few months and will need to house my animals indoors and build new enclosures. That being said, I have a pair of box turtles and one Speke’s Hinge-back Tortoise. What is the recommended indoor enclosure size for the box turtles and the Hinge-back? (I do not plan on...

Looking at social media pages of turtle and tortoise keepers in Asia, I've noticed a lot of them use some kind of plastic matts as substrate. In addition to keeping some exceptionally rare species, the turtles I see in their photos alll have super smooth shells. I've always thought naturalistic...

I've recently become more and more interested in acquiring a pancake tortoise, however I saw not too long ago they were up listed to CITES Appendix I. Will this affect buying pancake tortoises online and shipping them across state lines? I see a lot of ads on Fauna still not mentioning needing a...

I’ve started to notice my Hinge-back Tortoise getting some white growth on the gaps between his scutes. Is this shell rot? Or are his scutes just scraped from wedging himself between rocks in his enclosure? It’s only on the carapace of of his shell and not on the plastron anywhere.

Hello, I have a young (1.7 inches SCL) rescue box turtle who is growth stunted. For the past 9 months I've had him he's been eating a variety of bugs with no issues, but all the sudden he's stopped. I tried increasing the amount of hours the lights are on as well as increasing humidity. The...

Today I acquired a homes hingeback tortoise from LLLreptile. After an intial check and soak I placed the tortoise in his enclosure and he walked on over and sat in the water dish, serval hours later I went to check on him and he's still in the dish. When I picked him up I noticed these worm like...

Hello, I was wondering what an appropriate diet for a homes hingeback tortoise would be? Some of what I read varies in how much protein they should be offered and what forms it should be in. Would a diet for a box turtle such as the one outlined on the 3rd page of this be sufficient...

This my box turtles new indoor enclosure, I used a book shelf as the base and lined it with plastic, then built a lid and sides around it. The lid is made of mesh-screening and window insulator sheets, making it viewable on one side so the turtles can't see out, but I can see in. I'm not a 100%...

Hello, my yearling rescue box turtle has a had a small discolored spot on his shell for several weeks now, I tried treating it with an anti-fungal, but got no results. I'm starting to think it's just a mineral deposit although I can't tell for sure. I was keeping him on moist eco-earth when he...

Hi. I got a rescue baby box turtle with a very soft shell about 2 months ago. The turtle is a yearling with a SCL of 1.5 inches I've had no issues up to this point. In his previous home which he had lived a year in, was a 20 gallon tank with 4 other box turtles ranging from his size up to...

Hi, I've been extensively looking into getting an Asian spiny turtle and I've found some conflicting information in a few areas regarding their care and I have a few questions over all, that I would like to have cleared up. 1.) I've read mixed things regarding this species's diet, some say an...

My completed enclosure for my 2 eastern box turtles It's 4 X 8 feet.

I have a LTC eastern box turtle who's had a brittle looking shell for quite sometime. I've tried daily soaks and increasing the humidity in her enclosure, neither of which have had any effect. I was wondering if this is just the way her shell looks or if theirs an underlying problem. She's lived...

I have a 2-2.5 year old juvenile box turtle about 3.5 inches in shell length. I was wondering when he'd be able to live with my 2 adult box turtles?

Hi, I'm considering getting either an elongated or forestens tortoise and I've found little on what the personality of these species is like. I'd really appreciate it if some of you guys who own these tortoises could fill me in on some information about what their personalities are generally like.

One of my female box turtle just layed around 7 eggs, she layed them out side, in a nest, they're kinda piled on top of each other. Is this a problem? One also burst as she was laying them, do I take this one out? I've done little reading on box turtle incubation and egg laying since this was...

Hi I'm intrested in adding a medium to larger species of tortiose to my collection. I live in va where the summer temps are in the 80°s with nighttime temps in the 60°s and humidity ranges between 50% to 80% most of the time, but I would have to take the tortiose inside during the winter. With...

I have a one year old three toed box turtle who's about 2 - 3 inches long. I was wondering at what age can I start letting him live outside for the summer?