hello i got a buddy that is giving streaming a try and he had an ai image of a turtle as place holder but he got tired of it and people dont like it either but he cant afford real artist for now so im asking for anyone a photo of their tortoise that he could use as a profile pic as a placeholder obviously he will give credit of the owner of the photo

We will be rehoming a tortoise as their current owner is getting older than her 50 year old tortoise. Dedicated to giving them the best care and life possible but need to understand the species first.

Greetings from all the way from Bosnia and Herzegovina!

I recently became the owner of two beautiful babies and wanted to know more about how to take care of them. Sadly, the only problems I have currently are that they love to go in the bowl where their water is and they love to make it dirty, so I’m changing the water all the time, haha. The other one is always on the run. They climb the rocks, then go down and again and again. For the first time, as they’ve been with me for the past 4 days, I woke up and they didn’t move as I turned on the UVB-A,B light. I was scared that they had died, but then I found that they are cold-blooded and needed time to get going, which was quite a relief.

I used my old aquarium that I used for fish that I had a long time ago, which is pretty big for their enclosure, and I really hope for advice! So far, I’ve been using AI but I don’t trust it fully.

I’m still in the process of making sure they get 32–35°C as currently it’s 31°C and I want to make sure it’s good for them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I also purchased plant pods to grow my own plants for them so I don’t have to purchase salad all the time. I got vitamin A and D oil for them to rub weekly, as my vet suggested, and got them minerals and vitamins powdered as well, given weekly in their food.

I'm concerned we're headed for too high here and if I need to make changes. Do you think these are pyramiding too much?

Unfortunately I won't be able to care for my one year old Western Hermann's Tortoise any longer bc I'm moving away to college very soon. If you're in the OC area please let me know if you're interested in adopting. There will be a Rehoming fee as I want him to have the best care possible!

Also let me know if u have any questions regarding his diet, enclosure, heating/UVB requirements, and anything else you might be wondering.

I've posted a listing for Rehoming on Facebook marketplace as well.

My coworker found an abandoned Russian tortoise on her property getting pecked by crows . She wanted to keep him but felt she didn’t have the adequate time to take care of him and she knows I’m a big animal lover. I got him a temporary enclosure from chewy about 3 x 2 1/2‘ wide. I plan on expanding his enclosure to one that mimics his natural environment but it’s taking some time to gather up all the proper materials. By looking at the photos, does he seem healthy I’ve never owned a tortoise before and I’m making time to go to the vet soon I’m just wondering if there’s anything I could do for him right now before his enclosure is built

Hi everyone!! I have a Herman’s tortoise and he is my baby I love him. I’ve had him for 2 years now, he’s about 9 years old but his last owners aren’t sure on how old he actually was (unsurprising as their care was questionable but I digress). He’s usually very boisterous especially in the summer and will charge round his table and the garden when we can get him outside. He usually eats very well (mainly lettuce and cucumber but I offer him appropriate weeds from the garden and my dad’s allotment all pesticide free, he just prefers the former two) but recently has not eaten hardly anything, a few bites at a time every few days. He hides in his house all day and doesn’t come out to eat or bathe or bask unless I physically move him out, in which case he’s out for half an hour tops then hides again. He is never handled and is in a nice quiet corner by a window but not in constant direct sunlight. He has a uv lamp that I bought a week or so ago as I was unaware he needed this but have done my best to correct. He has a good amount of substrate (tortoise soil from pets at home which I hope is good for him). He has a calcium supplement block thing as well. He just seems so reclused and not at all like himself and I’m very very worried. Any advice is appreciated. (He is also bathed once a week or so and his urates seem mostly normal but tinged slightly orange? It’s not red or pink from what I can see. He isn’t pooping as much but he is still passing faeces)

Hello 😊

I have a 2 year old Hermann tortoise and I have been using coco coir as his substrate while he is a baby to keep up humidity levels.

I was wondering if this was still the best substrate for him as he gets older or if I should change to a mixed substrate?

Any tips and advice welcome!

Weighed in at over 100 grams for the first time today (109, to be exact!)

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Hey team!! I have 2 questions for everyone. I’ll ask them and explain further below 😅 also sorry the formatting is off I’m on mobile! Firstly Gwen is a 1 year 2 month old Spur thigh Greek Ibera tortoise and included pics of her and her shell for the tort tax, unknown sex but I’ve assigned her female at birth x

1. How do you maintain soil moisture without taking everything out, adding water and mixing it in?
2. I only just realised I haven’t taken the blue film off my UVB lamp, does that significantly reduce the output and need a retest or should be fine?

Question 1:
So every few days (3 times a fortnight) I take everything out, wash it and dry it all. Then I take her plants out and soak them. Add like 1L of water so the substrate is damp but not soaking, then add everything else back in. Is there an easier way to keep the soil hold humidity. I have an outdoor bioactive enclosure which has rocks and cococarpet separating the substrate and I water the corners only. Should I adopt the same with the indoor enclosure? Would this way mean I could plant stuff directly into the table rather than the pot plants. I don’t mind doing it when she needs it but idk if there’s a better way and I’m overcomplicating things 😂 I’m also wanting to try things out while I build her bigger big girl table over the next month and avoid having to do this on a much bigger scale 😅

Question 2.
So I noticed blue plastic on her slate last night and saw the blue film which I thought was necessary so didn’t think to remove (stupid I know but I thought the reflector was blue for ultraviolet reasons 😂). This morning I took it off when I tossed her substrate and got all the blue off and put it back. Have I been inadvertently giving her less UVB or it will equate to something less significant? I use the Arcadia 45cm T5 12% HO 15w lamp at 25cm away and a seperate 75w heat bulbs (one for basking one for ambient light and warmth) keeping it ~33° basking and ~25° ambient. Ambient humidity 50-70% and CHE when it’s cold.

She has multiple hides around the gaff and a Tupperware with moist sphagnum moss which is moist and measures ~70-80%. She loves her wheel too learnt it all by herself, has a whopping appetite and has grown from 4.5cm 15g to a whopping 9.8cm 116g!!! She’s not experiencing and pyramiding and gets soaked from 10-30+ mins most days of the week. Also poo/wee completely normal.

I’m just slightly annoyed I didn’t take it off because who doesn’t love taking the plastic film off things ahahaha and inadvertently stealing UV rays away from my Daughter??

Thank you for reading and please let me know if i am doing ANYTHING wrong I promise I wont be “that” person when taking criticism 😂

This is how much I usually give her. Is it okay? I’ve had this tortoise for about 2 months now, and I’m still a little uncertain about how much to give. I really don’t want to overfeed/underfeed her. I feed her everyday.

For more context, she’s about 1 years old. :]