I have a box turtle who I’m trying to ensure has a varied diet. Mama (his name) used to eat earth worms and sometimes meal worms. I’ve since expanded his diet to tobacco hornworms (only occasionally) and crickets. But now Mama only wants meal worms and sometimes crickets. He’s about 2 years old...
I have a tortoise table for my tortoise. It’s a temperate environment with one heat lamp and 2 13 watt UV lights, there’s a night time heat lamp too. The soil is made up of bagged topsoil (75%), coconut fiber (15%), and terrarium mulch (from the pet store, 10%). I have worms in the soil and...
I have a tortoise who lives in a large tortoise table. He’s normally active and eating his bugs but recently he’s slowed down a lot and I watch bugs crawl over him and he’s just chilling there. He doesn’t move as much and I’m curious if this is his body preparing for hibernation? I have a heat...
I have a box turtle that I normally feed crickets, worms, and meal worms (along with sliced veggies and such but she really prefers the meat). I recall reading once that occasional tiny fish could be used as a treat—not as a main food source. Is that accurate? Or, if not, is there anything else...
I have a box turtle and recently I’ve noticed that sometimes when she’s just sitting in her table she will raise and lower the back of her shell (by her butt) as if she was trying to potty but nothing happens. Is she just a heavy breather or what’s going on with her?
additionally, I noticed she...
I’ve recently been given an about 2 year old Eastern Box Turtle. I’m currently building her a tortoise table (before me she was kept in a tank) and I’m curious what to do because she seems dehydrated. I used to have a Hermann tortoise (rescue) and when I got him I took him to a vet and he said...
Hey everyone, I've had an eastern box for over 10 years. Great gal and recently with her new outdoor enclosure and her new and improved tortoise table I've decided I would like to try and breed her. I know pairs are bad and normally groups are a 3 female to one mail in many species is it the...
Hey everyone, me and my tortoise Chives both agree it's time for a bigger outdoor enclosure. So he can stretch his legs and eat more weeds. I have a 15x15 plot of him. And was curious of all the things I'd need for it and if it was big enough for a second Hermann for him to attempt to be friends...