baby

My RF King which is about 4-6 months old usually sleeps all day, is up for a few minutes and doesn’t move out of his hide. Today he was active since about 10:40 am to now (3:14 pm) I took him outside because I thought he wanted to go for a walk and play in the grass and after a hour I put him...

We had an accident and our female Sulcata was a bad girl and got herself in trouble. Now we have baby Sulcatas. Please send me a PM if interested. Must be in Hawaii and have sufficient yard space. Thanks.

Aside from the size as a baby, are there any differences between a big baby tortoise and a small one? Do bigger babies tend to be healthier or be bigger adults (assuming good and equal husbandry and diet) than what a small baby would become as an adult? Is it just better to buy a big baby than a...

Hi everyone, I’ve been a long time lurker of these forums and have finally decided to make an account. Apologies in advance for the long post, I just want to get as much information out there as I can. I live in the Bay Area California, and have two baby tortoises. A Sulcata little over a...

Hi, we found a baby 6cm Marginated Tortoise hurt, holes all over his body and took him home.He is fine, active,not afraid of us,three days now with us..but will not eat.We are in Greece, the weather is not cold yet, I give lettuce and a variety of sprouts I find outside..no eating.Is that...

So, I'm a new tortoise owner (great way to start off). I have owned three turtles and a month ago I got a baby Greek tortoise. He's about 4 months old, and his name is Atlas. I got him a terracotta plate dish, which was big for his size, but I thought it'd be easier for him to eat out of. I got...

I have a year old female Eastern Box turtle! Here lately she seems to be very lethargic. I went away for about a month and left her in the care of my relatives who started giving her distilled water. I've heard distilled water is very, very bad for them! Could that be why shes been so immobile...

Hi all, I just received a pair of 3-Toed Box Turtles about 2 months ago. These are my first turtles and my first reptiles. This lack of experience is the reason I am posting. I keep them outside in a spacious enclosure, and the female just laid a clutch of eggs about a week ago. I have...

Aren't they adorable!

Buddy is the cutest little guy of the group. Only about 1-3 years old, he's smaller that all the other, but big in heart!

So excited to show off our new babies, Humphrey and Harlowe! We just got them last night, so we have spent today letting them relax and get to know us a bit. Although they were raised together so far, we are putting them into separate enclosures after a day or two. (We want to let them adjust...

is this a good enclosure for my baby Sulcata? It’s a mixture of cypress mulch, organic top soil, and sphagnum moss. I planted some grass seeds, as well as an aloe plant and 2 other succulents. It stays about 80 degrees in there with the lights on and between 30-50 humidity if i spray it a few...

Check them out, I was finally able to join the club! I was able to snatch them up before anyone else got them. I am excited to have them. I have an issue though. Does the smaller one look like it has a swollen eye? Someone told me they though it could be swelling of the conjunctiva. I...

I have a baby leopard tortoise who we just noticed is turning black! I got her mid September..they said she was about a month old so hatched maybe August sometime? That puts her about 8 or 9 months old I think.

I've looked through the threads on enclosures for babies and they've been very helpful, but I have a bit of a unique idea in mind and I want to make sure this will work for my prospective tort. I live in a very old house in New Hampshire and I have a large blocked off brick fireplace that I...

Hey everyone, we've had our three toed, Clem, for almost two months now. I've been worried about her recently because she literally stays buried under her substrate all day (and I think night too). At first I thought she might just be nervous in her new habitat, but its been almost two months...

Is it normal for my three toed to eat so little? I don’t know her exact age, but we suspect she’s under a year (maybe 3 inches from the top of her shell to the bottom). I give her a heaping tablespoon of food every second day (50% protein, 50% veg). I have to dig her up normally, and I put her...

Thanks in advance for replies! - Leopard tortoise - ~8 months old - Male - Arrived by overnight shipping 1/17/2019 - Arrived with bubble nose - Currently losing weight His House: - Large wood tortoise table from ReptiMed - UVB light / Ceramic Heater / Blue Heat Bulb / Heat Mat used for...

Hello Everybody! I got my hatchling sulcata, Geode, on September 22, 2018 and today is January 21, 2018. When I got him, he weighed 50.5g and today, four months later, he only weights 59.9g. I was under the impression that slow growth was good for these babies, but after doing so more...

Hi, so I've recently, accidentally, come into care of what I think is a Russian tortoise. The previous owner abandoned him and I don't know very much about him apart from he's (probably) a boy, around 5 years old, his name is Flynn, he has always been kept indoors and didn't hibernate last year...