swallow substrate

I caught one of my tortoise eating on the plastic mat substrate as I got home today. He/She has never done this before, and although I pulled a chunk out of his/her mouth, it appeared that a small part of the mat has already been eaten: The tortoise is well fed and so far has not shown any...

Hi all, First of all, apologies my first post is not a positive one - but in need of some advice! My three year old Spur Thighed called Speckles fell ill around a week ago, his appetite had dropped, no pooping, and very lazy and lethargic which is the complete opposite to his usual self. I...

Hi all. I am a new Hermanns tort owner, I got a male about 4yrs old (they said) about a month ago and he seems to be doing well so far. I have him in a large table on cypress mulch, with areas of soil and coir mix. I've read a lot here before joining so have some info including dangers of...