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  1. Shrime

    Baby Eastern Hermann Enclosure

    Hi all, we got an Eastern Hermann Tortoise (Torro) on Saturday from the reptile expo in Sandy, UT. He is 14g and somewhere between 1-4 weeks old. We purchased the following at the expo, some of which I now realize isn't suitable through all my research on here over the last few days. We have the...
  2. A

    Sulcata hasn’t gained weight in two months

    First time poster here! I got a Sulcata last year around this time and was told he was born in late 2024 so I estimate he’s only a year old and some months. He had pretty steady weight gain when I first got him and lately it’s plateaued. The only difference I’ve made is removing romaine lettuce...
    • Almaa
    • Thread
    • help and advise newbie here sulcata weight chart
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Sulcata tortoises
  3. N

    Post Free-Roaming Care

    Hi! I let my russian tortoise free roam in the backyard while I watched him, but quickly took him back inside due to him trying to dig under the fence and eat some weeds. I immediately put him back inside his cage because I did not want him to become even more distressed from a bath (another new...
  4. EmW

    Keeping my marginated tortoise indoors for the winter

    Firstly, thank you in advance for reading my post, I know it's long! Just a bit of background before I ask my questions. My family has had our marginated girl, Nelly, for about 44 years and she was fully grown when they got her. She was given to my mum when she was a young child so Nelly is...
    • EmW
    • Thread
    • dry food food heating and lighting indoor enclosure marginated tortoise newbie here respiratory infection sick tortoise substrate tortoise table
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Tortoise Enclosures
  5. A

    Is the age the shop owner gave me correct?

    Hi folks, week old newbie to the Squirtle world here, just wondering if any experienced shelltists out there can confirm the age I was given for Fuego seems right. Shop owner said she is between 10 months and a year old.
  6. tamzsturg

    Newbie here with poorly tort:(

    Hi I’m new to this so apologies if I’m not posting this correctly! My names Tamzin, I’m 19, living in the midlands UK and have a 12 year old Horsefield tortoise named Tarquin. I go to uni but come back home pretty regularly to see my pets who live with my parents. Over the past few weeks Tarquin...
    • tamzsturg
    • Thread
    • brumation burrowing help and advice horsefeild lethargic new help newbie advice general newbie here not eating uk tortoise weather related
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Russian tortoises
  7. obiwantortellini

    New Tort Parent | Red foot hatchling

    Just have a few questions, we are about to get our obi (red foot hatchling) and I can’t seem to figure out how the uvb and basking lights would work, are they always going to be on? If not then which one should we turn off and when? We will be keeping obi in our living room will that be okay...
  8. H

    Baby Sulcata

    I purchased my first sulcata tortoise yesterday! I was told it’s about 6 months old and it measures about 4 inches long. I have it set up in an indoor enclosure, 2ft by 4 ft plastic tub with a mixture of Timothy hay grass, organic soil and cypress mulch as the substrate, one large wooden hide, 2...
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