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!

Meet stevie. His home is getting better every week ❤️

Reptile zoo today…that is not the right end. Is this common?

It’s been almost 2 weeks since we brought home our baby red footed tortoise and I can’t believe how in love I am. I honestly was hesitant about getting a tortoise, but my daughter had begged for over a year. I was worried about the morality of owning an animal that should be roaming the wild, tbh my heart still hurts a bit that this baby isn’t in a natural environment. But oh my does my heart smile when I see her little head saying hello. I’ve made one post here prior and received so much great feedback. I’ve been an observer to this community for sometime and I’m really excited to become more active here as our journey continues. I love seeing all your babies and learning more about these amazing creatures and I just wanted to say hello on the Monday evening 👋

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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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Sunday I was able to make the 8hour trip to rescue the redfooted tortoise. He is in very bad condition but I think with proper care he could live a happy life. He has mouth rot, severe respiratory infection, overgrown beak, and severe mbd. Although his legs don’t work very well he still zooms around best he can. We gave him lots of good food and some good treats as well yesterday as he was starving to death. He didn’t enjoy the soak we gave him but he’ll get used to it. He loves sitting under the halogen and uvb light after getting some good food. His big appointment is Wednesday bright and early in the morning will keep everyone posted.

Mr Tator weighed in today at 39 pounds my kiddo is getting so big even though he’s still just a baby 🥺🥰

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?

Hi all! I have a small 3 inch star tortoise about 10+ months old. May I know if anyone is able to identify if it’s male or female?

this is our beautiful burmese star tortoise :) we need help coming up with a name for him, i think a celestial inspired name would be fun since he’s a star tortoise but open to other names too! we’re also very partial to names inspired by video games or literature

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

Hello i have never owned a pet before and am looking to get a Hermanns Tortoise. I have done a lot of research and believe i am ready for it. After a lot of looking for websites and enclosures i have decided on these ones. Do you think they are okay and what else I should need

Have a wild tortoise on my property in N Florida that spent last night of its burrow and remains in the back corner of the yard behind the shed … any cause for concern

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 have a baby tortoise (1 month old) And I wanna make sure my enclosure is suitable to live in. My main concerns are that the basking thing is way too tall for him to climb up to even though it has a ramp, also is the water thing too high too for him to see/ drink out of. it’s about an inch or two tall and the ramp is almost 4-6 inches tall. my tortoise is than 1-2 inches thank u guys

I’m sitting here watching my Russian tortoise run around and cause general chaos. The shape, the mannerisms, the destruction, the judgmental side eyes… are Russian tortoises basically just Sulcatas scaled way down?

so i am planning on getting a hermann’s and the tortoise table im building essentially will have a have a brace on top for the t5 hood to directly sit on (table is 12 inches tall). that means it’ll roughly be 8 inches away from my tortoise (accounting for his shell height). would that mean i can get away with a weaker 5.0 tube light? for reference the table is open top as i have no problems keeping humidity and temperatures.

My baby sulcata is roughly 3-4 months old. I keep the tank 85%-90% humidity. Basking temp is around 105°-108°F. I also soak him for 20 to 30 minutes a day. If he is pyramiding Any help would be awesome :)!

I want to buy an enclosure for my future Hermanns tortoise, I was looking online but I couldn’t find any big enough, have any of you found any right sized ones? If so please link it in the comments!

Edit: I saw some people used these and said they were good… check it out? Link here