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Does this look normal? Shes really round now where there used to be kind of edges where the shell met at the sides they're disappearing now it's really round and the bottom is meeting higher up. She's not soft and is eating and active I just got kind of weirded out it looks like she rounded out...

I just want to run with the big dogs (or cats I mean)! Hey where you going!! I swear I'm cool! Look at my cat pose! (Poor Belle chases the cats constantly but they're terrified of her..)

Anyone else with this issue?? My baby tort Belle (a sully) seems to not drink during soakings (2X a day). I see her frequently going to the water dish and dipping her head in and drinking at first we thought it was just too cute! BUT now all I see during soaking is her attempting to escape and...

I've always been under the impression tortoises sold under 4inches in a pet store was illegal. A friend ended up buying a leopard tortoise that is 2.5 inches at best (I'd actually called the week before asking the owners in they had any small 4-5in leopards, was told they may have 1, she got the...

Can anyone maybe help these box turtles I came across the add on FB im in Pa but I feel so bad for them... http://rockford.craigslist.org/bab/5789968628.html

I decided to add some spouts into our set up under the assumption Belle would eat them or possibly hide in them.. they grow about an inch in a few days so I figured it'd work for grazing or whatever but she won't eat them. First I only added a few and she ate the tops off so I added a bunch more...

Ok so I'm a little freaked. Belle started to burrow at night soon as its lights out. my temps are and have been the same for months & always above 85 at night (cool end and 90/95 on warm end at night). She's burrowing on the warm end my humidity is 80% at a min. I'm using a mister w a zoo med...

belle seems to only like the one side of our enclosure. The side w coconut fiber. I have a layers starting w a layer of plain top soil mixed w zoo med forest floor(50/50) on the bottom of all. then a 2nd layer of plain top soil, Then one end the top layer is just soil, the other is loose coconut...

Everything I read has said sulcata do not go into hibernation BUT I found a lady in Pennsylvania who has an older sulcata it looks rather large from her pics (looks normal, no weird shell or deformities). Anyways she's telling me her's hibernates!! She has an outdoor pen and she's had him for a...

Thanks for allowing us to join! We've been using posts on this site for awhile to help out with issues. We're new to having a tortoise and just want to make sure she's as happy and healthy as possible. I was one of those mom's who's daughter seen a tiny cute little tortoise, and agreed to get...