We’ve had Sonic since I was 5 (now 28).Although he’s been around so long we don’t know much about him. I’ll be moving across the country soon and bringing him with me. I haven’t cared for him myself in a long time. Any advice/feedback. Age? Type?

Cloudy day in Southwest Florida but she got some sun time in. Dandelions and magnolias coming soon. Loves her kale and romaine, added a cuttlebone and calcium sprinkle on the kale. Substrate is 50/50 play sand and top soil, she has compacted it pretty good and shows no signs of digging. Hutch has a more sandy bottom, a heater for cool nights and a UVB lamp on all day. Yard is completely fenced so no ground predators and I have 2 decoy owls and 2 falcons that keep other birds weary. Still going to add a chicken wire cover. Any other suggestions? Measures 8’x8’

Meet stevie. His home is getting better every week ❤️

I noticed this weird lump on my hermanns tort today, he made a sound when i lightly touched it with a qtip to see if it might come off... im pretty worried, it just appeared out of nowhere. I'm suspecting he might have scratched himself while eating, and it's healing now? If it gets any worse tomorrow, I'll take him to a vet, It's no discussion. I was just wondering, someone might have experienced something similar so i can calm down knowing what it might be. I'd appreciate any kind of info about it, and if you need any additional info on him feel free to ask. Thank you!

My son’s greed sickens me…

Just finished my weekly spruce up of Mr. Squish's pad. Of course I broke his basking light while I was cleaning so I've gotta run to the shops now 🙄 He's got a ceramic heater in the meantime

Now give him a couple days and he'll have all the hay mixed up with the soil on the bottom layer :P he's an interior decorator at heart

I know he is a sulcata and will outgrow the enclosure*

THIS is what makes those early mornings and late evenings for a (somewhat) monotonous routine worth it. It takes a very long time to produce a single egg and I know it is a lot of work for my tortoises involved to be doing this -- I am forever grateful. I came home from work today and saw that Waffles was in the middle of building a nest. Egg Laying season has officially started!! I'm hopeful to have at least 6 eggs this year from my females, and MAYBE (just maybe) another T+. The egg has already started to show signs of "chalking" to indicate fertility. You'll also notice one of my other tortoises, Crêpe, in the background of one picture that shows she is climbing. This is also a sign that she may lay very soon in the weeks to come.

What makes this even better is that this egg was laid and day after my wife's birthday. I always have eggs near birthdays! Now to diapause for 28 days.

Surface Temps: 89.3°f

Laid: 4/8/25

Egg weight: 21.04g

So I think my tortoise is bored with how I have his enclosure set up because his lights are good. His humidity is good. His temperature is good but every time I clean it, I always set it up the same way and I think he’s bored of it and there’s no way that I can make a bigger enclosure because it’s already 4‘ x 4‘ i’m thinking maybe it’s the way that I have it set up. Should I change the set up or are there any toys that I could get for him? Also, I think I should mention none of the walls and the enclosure are glass so he can’t see through it but he can see us when we come over to the enclosure and visit him and he always seems to get excited maybe he needs more human connection I don’t know now I’m just rambling pls help

Just sharing my Russian tortoise, picture here munching on greens.

I live in the UK and recently moved my five year old tortoise into her new enclosure about three weeks ago (please see photos during building process). For the first few days she was fine, however she has since started pacing constantly and climbing the walls for most of the day. There is construction works going on at my building atm so not sure if this combined with the new environment and warmer weather has made it harder for her to adapt. I used coco soil and moss in her hide, I’ve recently changed her lamp and all the temps are fine. I did initially put lots of fake plants and things in the house but have noticed she is slightly better with less in the enclosure. She is also eating as normal. Does anyone else experienced something similar or have any advice? Thankyou!!

Hi all

I recently got some isopods from a seller. I transferred into my red food tortoise enclosure. But not more than 6 minutes my tort proceeded to munch on them and quarter of them disappeared. The rest went into hiding. I thankfully I know my tortoise is a hungry bastard hence why I keep a spare backup of isopods at the back. I saw online that Isopods and tortoises live harmoniously. but in this case it became prey instead. Is there a way to keep them protected? Over here is an image of the hiding spot. I'm afraid the isopods cannot sustain.

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This may sound absurd, but apparently it happened when I was at college.

For context, I live right next to a lagoon full of crabs, to be more specific, Guaiamuns a species of land crustaceans that live South America near bodies of fresh (and sometimes salt) water. This month is their reproductive season, so there are some which wander my home by accident. This night a female crab has broke in into my boi's enclosure.

Berry, my red foot tortoise, a 4 year old male, actually decided to fend off his territory and kicked the crab out of there, and came not only on top, but without a scratch!

I don't know if it is true or not since my mother was the one who saw that when she was bringing food to him.

Mes tortues de 2 ans ont hiberné à l'intérieur dans leur terrarium et elles passeront l'été dans l'enclos (qui se situe dans mon jardin au soleil). Comment faites-vous ?

Hi I just got this 7 month old sulcata and he has pretty bad pyramiding I’ve been doing daily soaks and coconut oiling the shell but is there any other way I can undo the damage I feel so bad

Hey guys. Im concerned about my Russian tortoise. I got him 7 months ago, and recently I’ve noticed these odd patterns on Tubby’s shell that weren’t there before. I searched up shell rot and it looks awfully similar. The spots are hard and firm, like the rest of his shell. And he doesn’t have an odor. Im very worried about him.

I give him baths 3x a week. He has a basking light that gets up to 90 degrees, and he has some regular UVB lights. At night, I turn off the lights and turn on the ceramic heater that gets up to 83 degrees on one side, and the colder side gets to around 72 degrees. His soil is about 35% humidity on average. The first week after I replace his bedding, the soil is around 80%. But it dries out after a week back to 35%. I replace his bedding once a month.

I’m very worried and I need advice. Am I doing things right? Do I need to see the vet?

As you can see here I have a 1 year old Afghan Tortoise in an open enclosure. I live in the UK and they are having some definite respiratory infection signs.

They are booked into the vets for the next available appointment but I wanted to ask where I can do better.

I am mostly concerned about the overnight temps as they are in the lounge/dining room somewhat near the back doors. Is the lack of humidity and colder night temp likely to be causing the issue? Or is there something obvious i’m missing here?

I’ve seen recommendations for a ceramic heater, where would I put this?

The light is a combo for light and heat.

Just a new owner trying to help this lil tort live their best life!!!!

I have a 7/8 year old desert tortoise a little larger than a bigmac in size and my family wants to let it out in our garden. Before we do that we want to be able to track the tortoise so we dont hurt it when we work, any idea where to get something like that? Anything helps!

Hello people of redit this is my first post and need help from you if any knows about tortise teriums I want to build one for my baby tortise and don't know what dirt or plants I can put in it to keep him safe I want to buy a lot of dirt from lowes or home depot but don't know which one is safe

I have a hermann tortoise and he climb during all the day on a long chair that i have because he seems t like just climbing and fall, also he pursue me every time u'm in the garden. Will he go crazy or it's just normal ? Can i bring some stuff to him in order to make him climb on other parts of the garden ?

PS : I didn't add it but he often walk under the same long chair, with his eyes looking the chair (above him) and opening and closing the mouth, when he didn't do that he really often look at the chair

I mean I could build one if need be but I would rather just buy a really good one that I know will be great for a tortoise, verified by other tortoise owners

I noticed that every time I wash his greens and try to sprinkle calcium on top the calcium gets to a clay like state and it looks like clay dust on his leaves. Any info is helpful, thanks.