climate

Hi all, I am happy to join this forum and hope to share my knowledge and learn some new things about tortoises. I am originally from Italy and for the past 17 years my mom has been taking care of my 12 hermann and greek tortoises in Rome. Now that I have stably relocated to southeast Michigan I...

Hi, Im considering getting a Indian Star tortoise to add to my tortoise collection. My question is that I have been hearing from Kamp Kenan who live in Florida and said IStar just dont thrive in humid and rainy environment and stopped having them as pet. I live in Jakarta where it is warm...

Hi, Im a new leopard tortoise keeper. Ive had ample experience with other species but not leopards. I kept on seeing that leopard tortoise cant handle the cold and wet weather. My question is, I live in Jakarta and it has a temperature min of 80f, max of 100f and an all year average of 82f...

My sulcata is currently about 9 months old, and is living in a 55 gallon tank, which suits her for now, but i know this won't be the case for very long. My problem is that i don't know her fate after she grows out of her tank. I understand that this happens a lot, but its not as bad as you...