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Hello, friends, I want your thoughts on what could of happened to Harlee my gfs snake she got back in September. She bought a the snake at a reptile convention in Chicago from LLLReptiles. The snake seemed very healthy and active. He wasn’t eating for a couple months, but I told her not to...

I have a question and detected over the Internet.. I don't know if it's not safe to use loose soil for uromastyx or not.

Almost bought the BTS...He lowered the price to $200 for me haha...

So I went to the HERPS Reptile show for my birthday gift and was planning on getting new additions and I did!! I have a ton of photos for you guys to see and sorry if some are crap. :( Have any question just ask me!! Anyways enjoy!! First pics are from a tortoise breeder and his company name is...

So I went outside in the backyard to check on some of the tortoises after some very hard raining last night and saw one taking a nice soak. Just wanted to share!

So my year old Sulcata Putin is wheezing a bit and discharge from his mouth but not nose. I figure this I a respiratory infection but the problem is. How did he get it when his enclosure temp at night is 85-90F? I notice it after giving all my torts a bath and when I was giving him one I notice...

So today when waking up I went over to the hatchlings enclosure and started noticing a little bit of this white fuzzy stuff and I'm sure it's mold. I had sphagnum moss and peat moss put in the enclosure to ward mold away in the first place. Maybe I should open the vents in the enclosure more...

Hello, it's Austin and I was wondering if anyone on the forums owns a BTS and if so could I possibly see pics of their setup and them! I'm very interested and been doing research on them for a while now. Anyone have tips or anything that could help me? I plan on getting one on January 28. :)...

Hello everyone!! I just built my first enclosure ever for another Sulcata I'll be getting very soon. Now this was a pretty fun experience and I screwed up a lot. :D Anyways, here's a pic of the entire enclosure!! The enclosures measurements are 6 long by 2 wide and 2 feet high. 6x2x2. I first...

Last night when I go bad news I stayed up all night to make a decision to stay or not. I still couldn't decide to stay so I went into the shower and laid in it for 5 hours thinking about what I'm gonna do, after that I still couldn't think so I did something that I felt would cheer me up and...

As you can tell by the title I have considered leaving TFO for a bit, while I clear my head from things that have been happening lately. I've you have heard I've broken up with my ex and something horrible has happened... I'll still be around chatting a little or lurking but won't be acting the...

Hello everyone! In this thread I will be showing you how I feed my tortoises and what days I feed what to them. Now this thread is gonna be super long and picture heavy on weeds and MAZURI!!! Ok first of I'll name some of the weeds and grass I used today on feeding the little hatchlings. #1...

So lately I've been looking at some rare or endangered tortoises and turtles. I was wondering if anyone here on TFO has any of these beautiful and unique creatures. Here are a list of some of them I've been looking at lately: 1. Chaco Tortoise 2. Forsten's Tortoise 3. Travancore Tortoise 4...

My Pitbull just found a turtle and he is all torn up and idk what to do!!!! He is still alive and breathing. I never had a turtle before and don't know how to take care of it so help me please.

Even tho I have been here at TFO for almost a year. I have never gave myself a proper introduction to you guys. My name is Austin Jordan Tyler, I live in Houston, Texas. I always have been a huge fan of turtles/tortoises, what really got me into them was my grandfather!!! He catch box turtles...

Hello everyone!!! Some new weeds had been growing in my backyard and I need your guys help with identifying them and telling me if it's safe for my tortoises to eat. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9

Hello everyone my name is Austin. But you can also call me a Rookie haha. My dad has given me his land which is roughly 40 acres and the reason I'm telling you guys is that I wanna start my own breeding and keep endangered tortoises from going extinct!! But before I do that I need your help and...

It's been about 2 weeks since Speckals had her respiratory infection and today is her last antibiotic shot!!! I'll show you a before and after picture of her progress and it pretty amazing!!!

Hello lately my Tortoise have been eating this plant?!?! Idk what it is but I would like for you guys to help me solve this and it would help me a lot!!!! I have them all over the place and I wanna know If it's safe for them to eat. I'm not a plant person but to me they look like clovers but I...

Hello there!!! I own a leopard tortoise named Speckals.... Speckals has got a respiratory infection since Monday. I took her to the vet and she got 5 injections of antibiotics, 5 tubes of nebulize antibiotics and eye drops. She is gonna take her third inject antibiotics on Sunday and she is...