new baby

my uncle's friend brought me a baby Hermann's tort. I did make him a good place for start and feed him with cucumber carrot and lettuce. he only eat when i give him lettuce. I bought cuttlebone today and crushed it for give him. i think i should sprinkle on top of the food. can you give me some...

Please give me the good, the bad, and the ugly feedback on my baby's current home. So far I have not seen any health issues. I was told it was 7 months old in August, but I doubt that, it is small. I have had it for three full months now. Current food: Dandelion, endive, escarole, orchard...

My new sulcata tortoise is about 8 weeks old. I'm terrified lol. How much humidity and how do I control it. I read to soak them then I read not to... I read don't change what they eat alot (they were feeding spring greens) then I read feed them what is good for them. Also spring greens has...

I had to emergency rescue this tort from an awful living condition arrangement, but as a new tort owner….yeah. I do not think this hatchling looks healthy. What is wrong with it ? The shell…. It is behaving fairly normally, is very curious, and eats a little (although mostly from my hand)...

Hi i’m new here, i’ve had turtles in the past but took a hiatus and finally decided to get a new little guy, he’s active and eating everything seems fine but i’ve had him for about 4 days and the first two he was very shy and hiding now he’s all over the place but i noticed once he came out a...

My little guy got his new habitat updates today. Including auto sensing temperature and humidity gauge with timer light and edible decor 😊 2” coco coir bedding and layer of orchard bark with a coco coir exclusive dig down humid hide.

I’ve had my sulcata for 3 months. I researched so much but I’m getting so much different information and im so confused. I’ve had such bad anxiety because I don’t want to mess him up. I use a 100w basking light. A uvb strip from reptisun I forgot the exact one. What’s the best one to get? At...

Hey, So I just got my baby sulcata yesterday, I know that I am suppose to leave them be for the first 24 hours but if I soak it will that affect the 24 hours thing or will it be okay. Thanks in advance

Hello everyone! So, as I can see domesticated tortoise care has an assortment of opinions on how it should be done via google and YouTube. This makes it very troubling for me and I was hoping I can get advice from some experienced tortoise owners about my current enclosure I have set up for my...

Hi everyone! I am a new owner to a baby Hermanns, it has been 4 days since bringing baby home and I was given very little information when adopting him. I have done as much research as possible since bringing my new little family member home but I have so many questions and concerns. POOP...

Hello everyone! I am a new tortoise owner and after researching for a while, I decided to get an Egyptian Tortoise a while ago. I’ve now had Milo (short for Meiolania, a turtle from the Pleistocene epoch. I’m a bit of a nerd) for two weeks and he seems to be doing really well! I would love some...

Hi, My baby Hermanns is 10 months old and has been doing really well I've had it almost a month now. appetite is good, starting to get more picky hah but I think that's because he knows ill feed him now. he walks around his enclosure and will climb over things in their. he's in a 2x4 tortoise...

Hi everyone! This will be short because I am exhausted will come back and share better details later. I stayed up all night and morning getting the enclosure ready and monitoring temps/humidity. Wolf and Bear are here and they are so beautiful, loved them so much already. I was a little...

(sorry for my bad english) My family member recently purchased a sulcata tortoise for my cousin who couldn’t take care of him, he ended up giving it to me today. What do I feed him? I learned most info about tortoise care taking online is old and outdated so iv came here. How big of an...

Hi everyone, I just got a tortoise today. He’s a Hermanns, and he’s a baby. I’m not sure how old he is. I am wondering about a daily routine, and all the need-to-knows that may not be widely known. I’m talking a step by step routine, if someone could help me with this, that’d be great. Also, can...

I have a couple of questions. I recently acquired a three month old sully from one of my old coworkers. I bought a new enclosure, (will attach photos) (also I lined the bottom with a yoga mat to help keep from water seepage) but I did b know what kind soil to use. I bought a thing of Scott’s...

Hi new here :) I have a baby russian tortoise, iv had her for 3 days and she is not eating and burying herself and sleeping all day on cooler side, does this mean she is to hot or cold? read lots of conflicting things :( please help her hot side is 85 fahrenheit witch is what the pet shop told...

My family and I are now owners of a little spurred tort. We live in southeast Louisiana. We have an acre in a rural area and 1/4 acre is designated to chickens. Does anyone have cons of raising an adult tortoise with or near chickens? They are, for the most part, confined to their own yard...

Hi, this is my first post on this forum and I hope that it would potentially solve my problem or at least decrease my paranoia. So recently I purchased a baby sulcata from an 'experience' breeder. When I first got it it was a typical baby sulcata, energetic, eats a lot and yeah. After a month it...