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My outdoor enclosure. Hope you like it. Any questions feel free to ask.

Don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I have two Red-Ear Sliders in need of a good home. -Background- My youngest brother got two Red-Ears about two years back. However, he has not been taking care of them as of late (forgetting to feed them, not cleaning their tank, etc.) So...

I have a young box turtle only a few inches long and its tail had disappeared and in its place is a big postule or puss sack type thing. It's really soft and I dont know what to do where I live there's really no vets that treat turtles so that's not really an option. She's still pooping and...

Hey there! My turtle is still a little hatching, but I read on a lot of forums and websites that they might have fun chasing fish around. My question is, what kind of fish are appropriate for him? I know he is a baby and I don't want him to choke if he attempts to eat the fish, so I'm not sure...

Hi! I'm Phoenix, and I recently got a cute little pink belly sideneck! He is a curious little turtle and I am glad there is a community for turtles and tortoises alike :) Anyway, nice to meet you all!

Hey everyone, we've had our three toed, Clem, for almost two months now. I've been worried about her recently because she literally stays buried under her substrate all day (and I think night too). At first I thought she might just be nervous in her new habitat, but its been almost two months...

Hey everyone, Hope all is well and keeping warm during this winter. I've seen advertisements of the Victorville expo coming up and i wasn't able to go to the super show in pomona last month. I know and heard of horror stories about expos and shows and definitely know what to look out for. But...

Hi everyone, I'm a new turtle mom and although my husband and I have done a lot of research, now that we have a turtle we have a few questions. Just as an introduction, this is Clementine. We were told she is a three toed boxie (even though she has four back claws and I have my doubts) and her...

Hello Tortoise and Turtle lovers, My husband and I have always wanted to keep a turtle and we finally had the chance to get one. We have done a lot of research but still appreciate advice from more experienced box turtle parents! A little bit about our new baby: Her name is Clementine (due to...

Oh you know, just taking a dip in the pool because i'm thirsty GOOD MORNING WORLD!!!!

what a messy eater, she just swallowed up a superworm! She is such a character already! She is such a pretty lady, i’m obsessed!

I just recently took my large sulcata for a check up. He is a large 77 pound 8yr old male. He seems happy and is eating just fine and he is also very active. But I did notice a whistling sound when he would breathe. The vet took xrays and said that there is a mild haze on the lungs. He said The...

About a week and a gal ago I got a hatching box turtle and since I got him he hasn't eaten a single thing every morning I take him out of his encloser and put him in a little bit of water and then take the water out and put a worm in with him but he doesn't act interested at all he either goes...

There is a box turtle that my step brother “rescued” from the wild. He found it one day and took it and kept it on a land that his dad owns. He named it Bob and isn’t taking care of it. A little back story on my brother : he is my mom’s fiancé’s son. His dad bought him 2 sulcata tortoises just...

Hi, someone gave me an injured eastern box turtle they said it got hit by a car. But when I checked him out it looks like an animal attacked him and took his back right foot and his tail. I cleaned up the foot and tail but my question is would he be able to take care of himself if i were to put...

I have a 20 year old male Northern DBT, was purchased in 1998 as a hatchling. Let me know what you have to trade, open to all options!

i have two female eastern box turtles and im new to having them and just in the past couple of days one of them start to go into her shell and close it completely when ever she is under her heat lamp his this normal?

Hi, have 2 eastern box turtles and the substrate that they have is a mixture of eco earth and potting soil and for some reason it keeps sticking all over them and its always on them is this normal or is there something im doing wrong please help me. thanks!!

I got these Wardley's Reptile Sticks but the picture would imply they are for an aquatic turtle (they were a gift). I have a Russian. Could he still eat them? The ingredients are Fish Meal, ground corn, poultry by-product meal, dehulled soybean meal. Not sure what most of those mean.

My western box turtle has these weird slits on the sides of her mouth, and when she eats they seem to bleed a little. i see no signs of mouth rot and just looked inside her mouth less than a half hour ago, but its definitely frightening. it got better with some peroxideneosporin but every time i...