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Hello everyone. I was just curious if tortoises can get stung by bees. I know their shells protect them but what about their arms or heads? Leo loves clover flowers but there are always bees by them should i be worried? Here's a pic

My sulcata is a almost a year old and growing smooth. However i just watched him pee in his soak and it came out brownish? Is it true dandelion does this? He had dandelions and wild violet mixed with wet orchard grass hay for breakfast. He gets hour soaks everyday now since im free all the time...

Leo was covered in flowers today! He loves these little violets he was eating them for hours!

Hello all, i couldn't find any information on google for this so i was hoping someone might have some answers. I have a germal shepard retriever mix who suffers from seizures. Vets didn't give us a reason for them, but he is currently being treated with phenobarbital. He isnt improving very much...

Hope everybody had a good Easter! Enjoyed mine with my fluffy friend and shelled friend before I had to go to work :confused:

Hello everyone :) I have a sulcata baby and i was wondering if you could help me determine his age? The pet shop i got him at told me he was about three months. Also the people that told me to buy a red heat lamp and feed him collar greens and strawberries... So i don't know if that is an...

Hello everyone i need some help identifying this little guy. A friend found him under a car and he seems to be missing an eye. I live in the Chicago south suburb area. I dont know much about box turtles i told him to give him a warm soak and get him someplace warm.

Leo wanted everybody to see his new Beret :D He even posed for the picture :cool:

Hello everyone! I just wanted to share a photo of my baby. I took him out of his enclosure for a picture He is really big now. We can't wait until its warm in Chicago again so he enjoy the outdoors! For now he is staying warm in his heated hide :)

Hi everyone so the wind knocked down a powerline today and we're out of power! Dont know how long this will be but besides a generator any way i can keep my torts enclosure warm? Its really warm in chicago today but if the power company doesnt come soon, how long can my tort last in chilly weather?

Hello everyone just wanna share a few pics of Leo i got him in August of 2015 when he was a baby and he's not even a year old yet and he's so heavy :p weighed him today: 1.54 lbs

He's an estimated 7 months and havent weighed him in a while but i believe he was about 350 grams!

Hi everyone just got home from work and saw this on my feed. I thought it was pretty cute so im sharing it with you guys! https://www.thedodo.com/turtle-helps-friend-1485242273.html

Hey everyone! Ive been on the forum a while now and have had my questions answered by some great people but i never even introduced myself :eek: My name is Desire and i live in the south suburbs of chicago! Planning to move to a more rural area down south (with a huge backyard) after i finish...

Hello all i just found this a little interesting but recently i posted a thread called "inactive tort". Now my torts activity has picked up again, and i thought id give him a little home remodel so i changed his substrate from orchid bark to coconut fiber to keep the humidity up. Now he is...

:D we are both taking a nice nap now!

Hello all i have posted before and have read the care sheets and feel like i have a decent understanding of them. I have a sulcata tortoise about five months now who has suddently become inactive. Its gotten cold in chicago but his MVB keeps his enclosure around 83 degrees Fahrenheit. His...

Hello all. I just want to start by saying i love my little sully hes only a few months old and hes already getting big. I live in chicago and its already pretty cold here and i will no longer be able to take him outside for walks. I feel awful because he loves his walks so i was planning on...

Surveillance caught the tort leaving the crime scene, with what appears to be his victims blood still on him. He is currently the only suspect

Him and his mud shoes :D