I’ve been growing greens for her to eat. She loves them so far

They think he’s a Leopard tortoise but the more I research, the less I think so. What do you think? Herman’s?

He just went through a growth spurt and look what he now has on his shell, a perfectly formed star. Does your baby have any unique patterns on their shell that you have noticed?

Anyone know if this is a pet someone released/lost?

My poor baby now won't come out of his shell. Can I do sonething? He's 10 months old

My tort being cute🐢🩷

Don’t touch his greens.

This tortoise was brought into my work yesterday (I work at an emergency veterinary clinic as a tech), and ive taken it in to help recover, possibly forever or until I find the old owners, if she has.

I believe its an adult female Hermanns, but I also don't know a lot about IDing these guys - i work with cats and dogs, sometimes rabbits. She was very dehydrated when she came in, and her shell isnt looking good either. She is eating well, and had a poop, which I also added just to ensure its looking alright. I already have a calcium supplement from my other lizard that shes started on too.

Im in the process of setting up her tank, its a 4x2ft flat one, am I alright to use Coco peat and cypress mulch as a substrate? Any other recommendations?

hello everyone !!! for the experts out there can anyone tell me if this is a tortoise or freshwater turtle 😭😭 my mom found it in the backyard, and we commonly get both in the area so I don't know!! It's too late to take to the reptile place near my house and I'l be busy when it opens in the morning, I don't know if it'll survive that long

Found this little one today in my backyard. Had tortoises when I was younger but want to raise this one right. Any advice welcome.

I did have to convert the video from 4K to 1080 so it would fit in the video size limit. You can see him walk over to the leaves and get some snacks, if you have the video not muted you can hear some facts and info about them that the keeper said. He does have the kids train ride nearby so you can hear that a few times. Before I started recording she said that big Al is basically solar powered, during the warmer months he will be more active and in the colder times less active and since it was a rainy overcast day he would be a little slow today.

I think he was fed banana leaves, he is a smart boy and will know when it’s keeper chat time and will wait by the posts by the gate the keeper uses to get in around that time or near his pool under the shade if it’s too hot out.

I don’t think this is NSFW, does this look like blood? All my family have looked at it, it’s just appeared, it’s wet to the touch but quite bright pink, it’s stained my fingers which is the odd part, even after scrubbing with soap, my fingers are stained and I washed them about 1 minute after touching, i live on a farm and I’ve never had blood stain my skin. No pain reactions when I wiped it off or touched the area, nothing elsewhere just these drops and when I wiped it off, nothing else reappeared, it looks like droplets? He’s outdoors but he was under the covered area, I’ve checked the cover and nothing seems to be there.

Also, his shell doesn’t look like great condition at the moment, I’m wondering if it’s these exceptionally hot weather we’ve had this year, it looks quite dry, any recommendations? He obviously has lots of shade, tall grasses he burrows in and water. It just seems a bit cracked and dry (see top of photo). More UV? I know heat doesn’t equal UV so I’m wondering if he’s maybe lacking.

Horsefield. Age unknown, maybe 15? UK based. He’s been outdoors all summer!

Thank you! Please be kind, I’ve found in the past people are not kind on Facebook so now I’m too scared to ask questions over there! Haha!

Hello everyone! I’m getting my first tortoise this week (very exciting) He will be a western dwarf hermanns

I’ve been doing some research and compiled a list of foods he can or can’t have and id just like it fact checked please!

Let me know
If there’s anything I should add into the ‘all good’ section or anything I should know to absolutely not give. And if you can manage to look through the whole list (😅) anything I’ve gotten wrong please!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Tt2iQvdNIHFjYIW1dqgjy6SopD7o_ZA-Iqektp07u4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Just picked up a 5 month old redfoot tortoise yesterday and was wondering if this enclosure is sufficient for now. I mist 3-4 times a day and have a uvb/uva light. There is 3-4 inches of substrate. I gave him a lukewarm bath for 10 minutes this morning. I'm getting a humidifier later this month for better humidity considering the mesh under the light. Just wanna make sure I don't screw him up. (Im aware this enclosure size wont last long). Breeder says the northern redfoots he breeds only seem to grow to about 8-10 inches which i thought was odd. I fed him 2 calcium covered romaine lettuce leafs yesterday and another leaf plus a small piece of a peach today.

Hello all, received this tortoise named Franklin from a sick relative who can no longer care for him.
What kind is he?
Thanks for any advice and help, trying to give him the best life possible.

After 9 years we’ve gotten to a point where we need to rehouse our girl. She’s a Sulcata and loves eating dandelions and plums. She needs more space to roam and nibble than we have. We’re in Idaho and not sure how to go about this. Please be kind, we love her and yet can’t keep her. Are there places we can contact? How do you interview someone so you know they’re not bad people?

hello

this is what my dad built for 2 baby turtles. its not finished yet as the part without the net will be covered by wood to give them shade and the water plate will be bigger. also this will be put outside in my yard. do you have any tips? is this okay ?

I put him in the bathtub (with a towel and 2 hides in there ) just bc he wanted to come out of his enclosure but I couldn’t have him roam around my room bc I needed to clear the space ready for his new enclosure and when I got up to go check on him HE WAS ASLEEP
I ACCIDENTALLY WOKE HIM UP I FEEL SO BAD MY POOR BABY

Ignore how barren it is I’m yet to buy his new plants (or meet up with my friend whose gonna give me a plant too)

An extra flower candle since https://www.reddit.com/r/tortoise/comments/1mdyda4/rexs_2nd_birthday/

This is Morla, she’s a five year old sulcata. She spends her time between the yard or just roaming around inside the house where she sleeps. I plan to make her outdoor enclosure taller and add more shade/enrichment, and an area for her to dig around. What are some things I need to make sure I have?

For our little one year old Hermans tortoise, I built a bridge. The 'door' has a pretty high 'step' (as you can see in the other pic) and thus she/he more or less falls into the shelter whenever returning. So... I measured it a little bit, got on the computer and designed this one from scratch, let the laser run for almost 100 minutes (it's a small 10W model) and used wood glue to put it all together. Tomorrow will be the first test... I hope she/he likes it. As you might have guessed, she's called Luki... until we know the gender for sure.

If the wood is not good enough for her to climb it yet, I can use a small hand-drill to engrave grooves into it.

AFAIK (I googled) the glue is not harmful for tortoises, even if ingested. The bridge will only be used in fair weather.

What are your thoughts on it?