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I am a first time tortoise owner. I received this greek baby (intergrade) as a young hatchling in early 2019. I've done a great deal of research and educating myself on his care- but I've never actually met another person who keeps tortoise(s), aside from meeting with my torts breeder, so my...

Has anyone had a tortoise (particularly greek) range around a greenhouse?. We are a cold climate, he would likely need to come inside for the real cool months (unless we fully heat it which we are considering).It would be built off one wall of our house, greenhouse would be directly facing...

Hi all! Back in the spring I got a 10 week old hatchling. Based on some pictures I provided, they were IDed as a terrestris/Ibera intergrade. Now at 7 months old, they look like a completely different animal. Rich orange colouring, a very round rather than squared shell shape, and they also...

Can anyone show me their before and after pictures of successfully halted pyramiding? My baby tort came to me at about 2.5 months old and had the beginnings of mild pyramiding and I have been working to halt the progression and get smooth shell growth. I'd love to see other successes!

Uhg I feel so awful right now. Atlas was in his soak container. I never had a flipping issue ever before. Put the container in his enclosure and went to the laundry room to switch over loads. Came back a little while later and Atlas had flipped on his back in the container. He was trying to...

If you could design and have built /build your ideal indoor enclosure what would it look like, what design elements would you incorporate? I'm trying to get ideas for when my baby greek is bigger. I have access to professional carpentry and electrical work for the job. I know I don't want fully...

What is this weed? Growing in the woods and along grassy trails.

Tips for a first time owner? We keep loosing power in the middle of a huge storm

We are experiencing a heat wave. I'm in a climate which is not particularly set up to handle high temperatures(we usually worry more about the cold). We luckily have an air conditioning unit in one room- however I keep Atlas in another locked room- just to be safe *in case* from kids and dog...

Atlas has been home for 3 weeks tomorrow. They are 3 months old, and I can already see growth since I brought them home. I feel a great deal of responsibility to grow him into the healthiest adult tort he can be- so he will have a comfortable life for the next century. I also am a first time...

Atlas is very small yet, but I am wondering about the merits of having them microchipped. Here we have no legal obligation to do so- however tortoises where I live are: 1)expensive (very very much compared to the USA) 2)very very uncommon I have ownership papers from the breeder, and aside...

My husband was playing around with his light box this morning, and Atlas was the subject. This is a quick phone picture with a fresh from the dirt tort, I'll try and get even nicer ones later!

Does this look like a normal shed? He looks so raggedy around the neck! Lots of humidity and soaks, so he isn't dry at all. if pictures don't show well he has a big flap of dried slin peeling on the bottom of the neck and littler flaking/peeling on the top of his neck.(keeps sticking out his...

My little guy came with a ziplock bag of mazuri. I've decided to offer once weekly, and they love it. I'm just not sure how much to feed? My baby is a 2in long, 12 week old greek. For regular every day feeding I give weeds, and just load a bunch in and they eat about their shell amount of the...

It may be sunday, but Atlas is giving off serious "monday morning " vibes Question guys, what time does your tort wake up for the day, and what time do they settle in for the evening? Atlas seems to rouse themself from their burrow around 8:45-9 and burrows in for the night around 3-5...

Can you always see spurs on the thighs of hatchling greeks? Mine seems to have none, but is definitely a greek. No enlarged looking scale at all.

That my heart would literally stop when my new baby tortoise buried themselves about 3 inches under the substrate- leaving the surface completely undisturbed, leaving me to think that somehow an animal had gotten into A LOCKED ROOM at him and killed/eaten him??!!?!! Like, I'm laughing now, but...

Finally home! Tucked in for the night, digging a little burrow down in the soil :)

Little Atlas comes home tomorrow evening. I'm trying to make sure temps are correct. I've been running lights and adjusting today: Basking temp: 93.5 Warm side: 81 Cool side: 73 Night temp: 70 Humidity: ~83% Is this right? Do I need to change anything up? Trying to make a good gradient but I...

What is the best place to put the hygrometer in the enclosure? The humudity is obviously different next to the basking spot, versus the cool side, etc.