sleeping

Good evening! How often do y'all notice your turtles sleeping? At night, during the day, doesn't matter. With all my previous turtles (Southern painted, razorback musk, Mississippi map, giant mexican musk) I noticed them sleep pretty rarely except when I came up to them late at night when the...

Hello, Brand new owner of two 6 wks old Hermann Hatchlings. I know they sleep a lot and like to browse when they are awake. My question is should I wake them up to feed them and if so, what is a good feeding schedule for them? 3 times a day, 2 times a day? My biggest concern is they are tiny...

Hello fellow sulcata tortoise owners 🐢 This may be a very repeated question, but i NEED to know. I've been losing sleep because of it!! I recently became a new tortoise owner after this cute little dude kind of just fell into my lap and I've been loving every second of it. Well, almost every...

Any advice? My partner and I just changed jobs which means our tort is being fed later in the day, 5 hours later than usual (day two of doing this) Tonight, after his light had gone out, we noticed him pacing and appeared as though he was trying to get out of his viv so we let him walk around...

Hi I am a new mom to a baby Hermann’s tortoise. I have read my hand guide and set my enclosure up. I have got to admit I was not expecting a tortoise that was so small and worry my enclosure is to big. When I first had the tortoise it seemed to be eating sleeping and waking but over the last few...

Hi! I have a Herman’s tortoise who is only one year old, and we currently bathe him once every two days, as advised. The water is always no higher than his chin, and the water temperature is always the same, as it comes out of a controlled tap. We have had him for 8 weeks now, and he normally...

Hi, this is my first post here after lurking for years. I need an opinion on whether or not this is an emergency for my tortoise. The earliest exotic vet appointment is August 5th so I don't know if I should wait or not for his check-up. I moved a little over a month ago and my Horsfield...

Hello community, I'm a super paranoid new tort mommy—literally everything makes me overly cautious or concerned so I apologize if I'm just seeing stuff. I've only had him a week but everything is so new to me, no none I knew has a tortoise so I've never had any experience but I have read the...

Food morning everyome, I have a leopard tortoise for the last 3yrs is a female, I've noticed that in the last few weeks she wakes up around 1/2am (I use a red basking light for the 24H whit a Digital redeem whit different settings of temperature from 22° C during the night to pick of 28°C...

Hi everyone! I’m a new box turtle owner. I’ve had Sammie for about 2 months now! In the past week, he’s been burrowing in his substrate to sleep and isn’t moving around as much. He’s usually pretty active climbing and trampling his enclosure, and I feel like he’s been acting a little odd. Any...

Hello! I’m in a bit of a predicament. I just received my juvenile Russian tortoise in the mail yesterday morning from Tortoise Town (I know. I saw the thread about the site too late). He has not taken any water or food since placing him in his enclosure. He will only move if I move him! I have...

Hello, My little Eastern Hermanns hatchling (4 months) is on a strict schedule and routine. He always wakes up and sleeps at the same time, his lights go on and off everyday at the same time (12 hour cycle). Tonight he randomly emerged from his hide around an hour before his light goes off for...

Good evening all, I would say a month or two ago, my 22-year-old Russian tort had swelled up with edema and was diagnosed with parasites. Her enclosure was disinfected, she was fed an oral medication (NOT Ivermectin), I made minor changes to her diet, and last week I am happy to report her...

So I recently build an outdoor enclosure for my RS named Tuttle. I will post pictures. He really loves it, and is really active. It's nice for him to get natural uv. I take him out when the weather is nice in the 85 range, and I make sure to monitor the weather and always keep watch on him. The...

So normal Wilson wanders around my office room all day with a little ramping in and out of his enclosure but as of lately. He's just been going into sleep all day. Barely Eatting and idk if he drinks. I give him baths every few days and soak him otherwise, I give him veg in morning and nights...

Hello so I recently bought a baby Greek tortoise and he has barely moved the past 2 days I have had him, he eats food.he just will walk a few steps and just lay down let’s out arms out and neck out has eyes shut most of the day. Wondering if he’s sleeping all day is okay thank you.

So our 26 year old desert tortoise has been doing a lot of head pumping in his sleep at night lately: Video1 Video2 Anyone know what this is? Is this weather related (it's been hot lately)? Digestion? Breathing? Aside from this behavior (that he's just started the last couple days) he seems...

Hello there! I have a 6 year old florida box tortoise named Bento. This is not the first time she has scared me like this when she appears to be sleeping hard... But im really freaked out. She has an unfamiliar odour coming from her... It is not that pungent, but noticable and not a familiar...

Hi can somebody out there please give me some much needed help and advice. I have had my tortoise for about 6 months from a family member. I have been told he is a Russian tortoise so I have been researching all about Russian tortoises. When I was given him he was in a tiny little Vivarium with...