help and advice

Hello there, I’m new to having a tort so suggestions and advice are most definitely welcome. I got my baby sulcata last Friday. For the past few days he has not been eating very well.. I don’t know what else I should do to stimulate an appetite? I’ve read all the posted sticky threads on how...

Hello! Im new here, i got a baby hermann tortoise in April, hes great! Such a funny lil guy, but i have a question.. i recently added in some rocks for him to play with to keep him occupied, but he started to bite them? And now hes even started to lift up the rocks and sniff underneath them? Im...

Hello! I live on a farm in South Africa and found a baby tortoise on its back two days ago. When I had a closer look there were two large ticks on each hind leg and one drew a substantial amount of blood. I removed the ticks immediately and I am trying to nurse the tortoise back to health, but...

Hi, Just want to say firstly thank you if you're reading this thread. I am a first time turtle owner and i just need some advice. I have 2 musk turtle 1 year old and 10 month 2 map turtles both just over 8 weeks. I have a elite filter, 1 heater, 1 uvb bulb and 1 uva bulb . I have gravel and...

Hi again, so I know its probably hella bad for my Tortoise to eat hair but she doesn't do it often since I clean her tank every day but my grandma doesn't like her or my cat so sometimes my cat is in my room (my cat loves my tortoise and never tried to hurt her unlike my mom's dog). Now I get...

My Desert tortoise is in hibernation right now and I looked it up because I thought it might be too cold and it said it should not be below 50°F and I looked at the weather and it was 37° so I panicked and literally pulled him out of the hole I had him in outside and took him inside to his glass...

Hello all, I am very new to this tortoise owning thing. I have had my little buddy for two weeks. And he was doing well until about 3 days ago. In this time he has stopped eating, drinking and has just been sleeping. I have checked the temperature constantly being sure he is warm enough, I keep...

Hello everyone, I just bought some Zoo Med eco earth loose coconut fiber substrate but i’m worried about having a mite infestation. I wanna know if others have had pleasant experiences with this substrate, or how I should clean it before adding it into the enclosure. - Thanks in advance!

My siblings got two new tortoises and I'm looking to help care for them, from what I've heard certain tortoises vary in how they're cared for so if anyone can help educate me that be great. I'd like to know what's the ideal enclosure size, what kind of substrate I should use, what I should feed...

Hi! I have been confused on this matter for a while, I need help! Is potting soil the same difference as top soil? I assume I should avoid fertilizer in the soil, correct? And is substrate the same as soil? Or is substrate something different? All in all, what is the best thing to use??? I...

I have a eastern box turtle and it wouldn't eat, he started rubbing his eye so I have been giving him eyedrops. About a month ago he got stuck on his side in his log, he was white and not looking good. He got better but about a week ago his beak was bleeding and then 2 days after his eyes...

I've never owned a tortoise before, but I've done a lot of research, watched lots of youtube videos, bought all the necessary supplies, and I think that the terrarium is ready to go, but I want to be sure so nothing bad happens. I bought the Thrive Temperate Essentials Kit from PetSmart and a...

Hi, this is my first post on here so forgive me if this is the wrong category or something Before I cleaned out my Tortoises enclosure last, I noticed a few tiny round white bugs in his enclosure, and some were even crawling on him. I didn't think it was that big of a problem, probably just...

I’ve starved my hermann tortoise for 3 weeks now. He’s ready for hibernation however the temperatures outside are still too warm (12 degrees) and he hasn’t slowed down at all. He’s a small hermann he weighs 970g. I’m not sure whether to start feeding him again and hibernate him later in the...

I just got the new bulbs are they gonna be to bright or will they work, they are flood bulbs but idk if they are incandescent.

I recently got a redfoot turtle at petco and as I’m slowly making his enclosure the best I can . He’s been eating not as much as I would like him too but aside from that I noticed the bottom of his shell looked really dry . Just asking for help if anyone knows how to prevent and treat this on my...

Hey yall, I have 2 babies and 1 maybe 1 year old. I bought them from a sketch person. I didn't know they were going to be very sketch until I went to pick them up. My friend's cousin(who also owns a tortoise) is friends with them sho I figured they were good. I was wrong. I bought the 1 year old...

Hi, I would just like to run past you guys here if everything I'm doing is ok for my little russian tort that I've had for nearly a month now, he is about 2.5'' long. I have learnt so much from you all since being on this forum! He will soon be moving into his new enclosure which I'm very...

Hello everyone, I am a first time tortoise owner of a Greek tort that I received as a hatchling in late 2018. Unfortunately I've never met any other person who keeps tortoise(s), there are no nearby vets that know anything about tortoises and my local pet shops know nothing at all. Most of my...

When I bought my tortoise from PetSmart, I was 19 and stupid... I have since been browsing this forum for a while, looking into ways to better care for her. Over the years, I've gotten better at tortoise care, though I'm not sure if it's enough. At the moment, I have her in a 3X4 indoor...