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hi, i was feeding my sulcata tortoises when i saw these weird looking ring stuff on their plastron? im really really concerned as i have never seen these in tortoises before and when i search stuff up on google literally absolutely NOTHING shows. the only thing that shows is something from...

Hello All, My tortoise is having some kind of skin infection due to which it has several white yellow blisters on his skin and eyes. I'm not sure what I need to do to help them heal quickly. Can someone please help me I'm very new to have turtoise as a pet and I'm from a place there are not a...

I saw her eating something only to find her biting a praying mantis and a small hairworm came out of it and I couldn't get it out of her mouth resulting in her swallowing it. I read about them and I saw they don't affect reptiles but I'm still extremely afraid. I can't take her to a vet this...

Hi everyone, I recently returned home from college for a few weeks, and was spending some time with my 15 year old leopard tortoise that my mom has been looking after while I've been away. She is very personable and active, eats very well, and lives in our back yard here on the central coast...

Hi all! I am very excited to be inheriting the family tortoise and in preparation for taking him on I would love your help. He is around 60 years old and my family who initially had him never knew what kind of tortoise he is. I would love to find out so I can research and provide the proper...

Hi I'm new here and have just got a female (I was told) baby horsfield tortoise I brought her home yesterday and she hasn't eaten or willingly came out of her hide once (over 24hrs) I disturbed her earlier today and placed her near the heat lamp as when I picked her up she felt quite cold...

Hi 👋 there! Can someone please tell me if this is shell rot? I guess I'm going to be posting another message bc I don't think I can attach multiple photos. If you know what this is or how to treat it please let me know. You can email me at [email protected], IDK if I'll receive any...

What substrate would you recommend for a baby Golden Greek Tortoise that is captive bred and used to living on pellet bedding? The reptile store recommended I continue with the pellet bedding. Tort was active and burrowing to sleep, until yesterday when I changed the substrate to loose...