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  1. E

    Just adopted this guy. Anything I should be worried about/change in his care?

    I haven't really seen anything about trimming their nails? Are they supposed to do it on their own/are there products to put in his house to help him scratch them down? They seem pretty long to me. Also, the previous owner just wasn't sure if his shell looks okay with the new growth being so...
  2. vimes1984

    I have A new adoption and need help...

    I've just adopted this 5 to 6 year old Hermann's tortoise, she/he came with what is pictured which I think is pretty bad... Does anyone have a trusted care sheet ? I have 6 acres and two 500 mtr2 greenhouses to house her outside in the summer if possible ( I live in Ireland though so am...
  3. Glosseryck

    Adopted tort keeps trying to escape.

    I adopted a fully grown Greek male a couple of months ago. He's never been able to look outside of his current enclosure, but since his previous owners just let him walk around in the house, he knows that there's an outside world. He spends all of his days trying to look our of the enclosure...
  4. S

    Adopted Russian Never Handled & Food Question

    Hey Guys, First off I will say "Thank GOD For This Site lol " I'm glad to be with fellow tortoise owners, lovers, etc. Anyway down to what I need some help with! My husband and I haven't had tortoises very long, we first bought my male (Whom I thought was a girl) I named Zoe boy or not I kept...
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    Bonnie and Clyde strike Central Texas again!

    My screen name is Nyquil (childhood nickname). I inherited a pair of sulcata tortoises last week. They were much, much bigger than anticipated. The I’d been shown had nothing for size reference, but they were only three years old. One is male and one is female. Bonnie and Clyde. They are both...
  6. Colinpv

    I need some help regarding a few different things

    Hi my names colin and i live in rural Arizona. i recently adopted two box turtles and a desert tortoise (i have no clue what kind they are, all i know is someone said my tortoise looks like a sonoran), anyways, he has black around his mouth and it wont go away and im thinking the worst i think...
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