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    Help I think I killed my Leopard tortoise

    You say lost bone never grows back, the bone is completly gone from the whole are that is red in the picture. Will the shell grow back or will it always be a soft spot?
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    Help I think I killed my Leopard tortoise

    its just the one spot, I've cleaned it and it did not bleed much but the bone is compltly gone in that area
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    Help I think I killed my Leopard tortoise

    I was mowing the lawn and one of my leopard tortoises walked under the lawn mower. what can I do, I don't have several hundred dollars to spend on him. Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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    GOD D@#Ø%!"

    I went to the hardware store, bought a piece of sheet metal, bent it by hand and mounted my light to it. total cost about $3.00
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    Shell Rot?

    no reply and the posting is gone, hope he went to a good home
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    Shell Rot?

    Found and ad for this sulcata on craigs list, owner says he's 5yrs old and has discoloration on his shell, seems very small for 5yrs old and it looks like he has shell rot to me, can anyone confirm? I sent an email to the owner saying I'd adopt him.
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    Eggs

    Well just got home and let me tell you, when an infertile egg breaks open in the incubator it is a smell that can't be described, it has to be experienced. I have 5 eggs left in the incubator, 4 of them show a gas bubble and nothing else but 1 has a solid dark spot a little smaller than a...
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    Eggs

    Been almost 3 weeks since they were laid so I candled them today, there is a slight band of increased density showing about 1" wide in the middle of the eggs but I don't see anything else. The eggs glowed yellow when I candled them and I read on another site that if they were fertile they would...
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    Eggs

    My wife is the scapbooker, she's not very happy that I set up the incubator on her table but till I find a better place thats where it stays.
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    Eggs

    Well here is my set up now, temp is a stable 88 degrees, don't know what the humidity is I'm just keeping the water tray full. I guess time will tell. When should I be able to tell if they're developing and is it OK to pull them out to candle them?
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    Eggs

    Found 6 eggs on the lawn in a corner of the yard today about a foot away from my female russian, put them in a shoebox next to the heatlamp and temps have varied today from 80-90. I've never had eggs before so can someone offer some tips on what to do next and how long it will take for them to...
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    Box turtles for sale or trade

    I'm selling my box turtles as I want to concentrate on my tortoises. I'm in Huntington Beach, Ca, No shipping, pick up only or can meet in LA & OC. willing to trade for female russian tortoise or leopard tortoise. Three toed box turtle female = $70.00 Ornate box turtle female =...
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    What kind of turtle is this?

    Can anyone tell me what kind of turtle this is and if it's male or female? I think it is an Ornate but am not sure and am unsure of sex as his tail seems to have been bitten off at some time.
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    African Spur

    I'd like to adopt her also,LMK and I'll send pics of my yard, I live in SoCal.
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    Off the wall and Off Topic...

    we should get together & play sometime, this is me below
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    Off the wall and Off Topic...

    Off topic but do you paintball?
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    Soft Shell

    Well his shell hardened up as of last week, I've been dousing his lettuce & dandelion with calcium everyday so I guess it was just a calcium deficiency. I still can't get him to eat Mazuri, any hints?
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    need help sexing a leo

    Looks like a male to me
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    Soft Shell

    Walmart, they are storage containers for under the bed, $5.00 each, I painted them gray because they were clear when I got them.
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