tortoise

Hi everyone ? I was hoping I can receive some helpful advice. I am a newer custodian owner of two female gopherus agassizzi. I have a beautiful habitat for them outside that is large and safe. I also have two burrows the same exact size but they both go to only one of the burrows. The previous...

I turned around for two seconds to weed a plant and found my 3-year-old Russian tortoise eating miracle gro potting mix. He took between one and three bites of dirt and may or may not have eaten perlite pellet(s). I’m really worried but it doesn’t have any sort of insecticide or weed killer—...

Hey there, new tortoise owner here. I'm from Seattle Washington Pacific North West area and my tortoise will be growing indoors, I have a magnificent house and when my sulcata gets to be a little bigger I have a whole room planned out for her, there will be outside time but not a whole lot...

Hey guys. So I recently rescued this tortoise and I've moved him into a 4x4 enclosure. And today I noticed one of his little scales lifted up near his face. Is this serious? Is he shedding? Or did he hurt himself? I've attached pictures. Also if you guys can take a look at his under shell and...

I’d like to rehome my sweet tortoise to a good home. I’m no longer home nearly enough to give berry the type of attention and care he deserves. I’d be more comfortable rejoining him to someone who has actually owned tortoises or Russian tortoises before. Someone with a suitable enclosure or...

I saw this video a few days ago, I can't stop watching it and I thought I would share it in here. It's so funny It's worth watching, the description is in spanish and that's a desert tortoise so I'm guessing that's Sonora, Mexico. It says the tortoise escaped twice so they decided to record it...

I have had a baby sulcata tortoise for around 7 months now, a month ago I moved it from enclosures, it has heat lamp, food bowl and water dish. Since I've moved it into the new enclosure, I have not seen it eating or drinking (please note this is my first time keeping a baby tortoise). I have...

Hi all I'm knew here, this is my first tortoise and I'm worried about him. I let him out yesterday and as I was busy doing house work he managed to go missing. I'm not sure if he was managed to get under the couch but we couldn't find him anywhere. I came down stairs today to find him on his...

I understand there is a way to make an educated guess as to the tortoise's age. Half the number of rings in each section? I would be very interested in hearing from the community here, I have attached a couple photos of the guy... Thanks in Advance!

I have a 4 year old russian tortoise named trevor that I got around 2 days ago and ive noticed since ive had him his eyes stay shut when im around him but when I have a camera set up he opens them and I was wondering if my UVB effected him, I was told that my uvb was good for him but ive heard...

I feel helpless. my russian tortoise lower shell is deteriorating since I got him a year ago. he gets one hour of sunlight a day. He gets tortoise pellets with occasional fruit pieces and salad. and where I live(south asia) there are barely any dark vegetables so I stick with tortoise pellets.he...

Hey all, First off I want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my last thread. I learned alot and did a bunch of research on my own to provide the best for my new tortoise. Now if you guys could help me identify if he is indeed a male and if his nails are the proper length or too...

Sorry for a depressing post, but I would like to know how others cope with their tortoise loss. I live in Southern California. The desert tortoise was in my family for 50 years. Different generations took care of the tortoise, and it was my mom's turn to take care of him. (The tortoise was a...

Hello, my tortoise lives in an outside enclosure. Sometime within the past 24 hours, he got stuck while climbing. When I went to feed him this evening, he had been trying to get unstuck for at least long enough to either rip his claws out/file them down flat. Most of his claws are no longer...

Hey, newbie here. I recently got a Yellow-Scaled Tortoise (two days ago), and she hasn't eaten since. She drank plenty of water the first day, and her energy levels are great. She is an estimated 5 years old. So, should I worry or try to put pieces of food on her mouth to coax her to eat? She is...

hi I live in Southern California and the weather has been in the mid 80F this week and expected to be in the 90F as we get further into summer. I received my baby cherry head about 2 days ago, he/she is 6months old, my question is about how many minutes a day in sunlight is enough for me to...

When I bought my first Sulcata I read that they were mainly grass eaters. So I just pulled some from our lawn (we do not spray any pesticides). I feed it grass mixed with a spring mixture, but it always avoided the grass. I just got 3 other Sulcatas and they all avoid grass!! So my questions...

Okay, so I have 7 Tortoises. One is a Red-Footed tortoise and he/she lives by himself. He/she is 5 months old and it’s named Squirt. I also have 2 Russian Tortoises that live together. I have one female (Penelope) and one male (Max) that are both one year old. Then I have 4 Sulcata Tortoises...

Hi! I just got my first tortoise a few weeks ago! (Rosie is her name, thinking she is a girl) She has been pretty active although kinda sleepy too, is this normal? She will hide and sleep randomly throughout the day and I want to make sure she’s doing ok! Also what I’ve read about urates, hers...

Hey I have a 4 year old Horsfield tortoise. He has a small enclosure n the garden that I put him in when the weathers nice. I pick out any daisies and buttercups that grow in there but I must have missed a buttercup and when I turned around he was eating it. I’ve read that buttercups can be...