metabolic bone disease

First of all my english isn't that good so I hope you understand the problem I'm having here with my Sulcata;) So recently I just got a baby sulcata that size 5cm or 2 Inch and I've been keeping him for almost 2 months and he is around 2 or 3 weeks old and when he first arrived here. I often...

Hi All, Havent been a member very long but long time researcher in the forum and this is my first post. Background: I am a vet technician for companion animals currently but used to work with native and non-native wildlife residing in south Florida for over 3 years. I usually rescue and raise...

Hello, I have a 25 year old rescue box turtle with signs of metabolic bone disease and stunted growth due to poor husbandry and lack of nutrition. She has both a UVA and UVB light in her indoor enclosure and I give her a serving of Critical Care nutrition powder every day or every other day...

This tortoise was poorly taken care of before I got it. I am concerned that the eyes have grown faster than its head. Do they eyes look atypical? Do they look as though they have out grown it's skull? The tortoise is a 2 year old Indian star. the size of a six month old. The final picture is...

Hey all. this is probably dumb. I'm posting anyway. I have two choices of possible tortoise, which were supposed to be a Christmas gift for my daughter. I was going to buy one off Craigslist that comes with a cracked aquarium (which I now know is not even what I want). for $150. He's cute in the...

Greetings! I've kept turtles since I was three years old - I'm 21 now and I'm getting a lot more into the hobby recently. Little story: My 3 toed boxie, Roger (not actually sure if male or female, but I will get to that later), was kept in my parent's backyard for most of his life. Typically...