Hello

I recently came across the IUCN Red List and wanted a fun way to discover the species on it, especially the ones close to extinction or already gone. So I made AnimalsMasters, a free card game that runs in your browser.

You open booster packs (a free one arrives every 30min) and collect cards of real animals: each one has its photo, facts about the species and a map of where it was observed. The rarity of a card follows the Red List, from Least Concern to Extinct, so the rarest cards are the species that are closest to disappearing. You can also trade cards with friends. And also play daily challenges to learn about more than 40 000 species

The data comes from iNaturalist, Wikidata and Wikipedia. I'm not a professional, so if you spot a mistake in a species page, please tell me and I'll fix it.

https://www.animalsmasters.com

Which species would you want to see in the game? Do I miss some?

Hello, just looking for some tips / advice on how’s best to keep 10 month old Horsfield warm at night time during colder months - this is our first winter together :)

What is the best?
- Heat mat - but not under the substrate? Does it go on the outside of the table?
- ceramic heat emitter bulb?
- insulation mats?

Please let me know what you recommend/ use

Based south coast of England

Curious to know how dangerous a bite from a tortoise can be, if you have been bite please share your experience and tortoise details.
My 2 year old loves hand feeding her Sulcata and gets her fingers too close at times.

Green Bean literally would not continue eating till after I stopped recording 😂. Aside from that, he’s munching on a lot of plants that I personally grew and I’m proud of!

Two red foots I inherited (hence the pyramiding). They have a wonderful large outdoor enclosure in the summer and I’ve just brought them inside to their tortoise table as it’s getting cooler. It’s their third day inside this season, and their second winter in this enclosure together. The smaller one which I believe to be male has been making these quacking/barking noises multiple times during the day. I’m thinking mating behavior or territorial aggression, which would you lean towards?

I was asking ChatGPT and it said it looked uneven but I thought it looked fine, please help

Can’t find any owners. It seems this thing wouldn’t survive winter here. It sometimes get 10 degrees for a few days. What should I do lows are getting below 50 degrees. Local reptile group on facebook wouldn’t let me post for some reason…

Im about to get a hermann tortoise I have had the enclosure set up for a while but willI need to use bottled water like I do for my frog and various pet arthropods or is tap water perfectly fine? The chlorine or chloramine wont kill the tortoise?

Hi all! To my shock my dog came in with this poor little thing tonight! Looking for advice for safe temporary accommodations (and identification if possible) until we either find the owner or can take him to a specialty reptile store or maybe vet for more information (don’t worry, I know that generic pet stores give garbage advice!)

For now I just put some water and romaine in a little plastic bin with a paper towel. I’m worried the paper towel might be toxic but unsure what would be appropriate. Should I bathe it or leave it? It has some dog hair on it :( Is the thing at the bottom of its shell normal or an injury? It’s still been hiding in its shell, but I’ve seen it move so I know it’s alive.

Thank you kindly!

I was out trail running today in an expensive equestrian community and saw this tortoise in an enclosure.

While it was cool to see, this is serious pyramidding; right?

Should this be reported to animal control?

I think I can figure out the address.

I have two ~15 yo Hermanns tortoise (female and male). The male has always been extremely horny and constantly humping the female. He has always bit the female's hind legs, which I did not like, but it didn't seem too bad.

This year he has been much more consistently chasing her and biting her, sometimes her head. Whenever I am around, I flip him to try to discourage the biting. It is not working. I have been resorting to just putting him into a timeout box.

Any ideas on what I can do to have them coexist peacefully?

Edit: Sorry about the flipping, I feel that it is a better solution than placing him in a different location. He is able to flip back in about 10 seconds or sometimes less.... but enough time for the female to escape. The tortoises have plenty of space and plants to stay out of eyesite of each other. The male still chases her down. If you saw it I think you would hardly call it abuse... just slows it down.

Either way, sounds like no good way too keep them happy. I will work on keeping them separate and re-homing the male.

This last week I've noticed my indoor tortoise is being less active than normal. This is my first tortoise and its about 9 months old. Usually it will spend the day exploring the enclosure and climbing on the hideys but now its mostly just hiding out. It does come out to bask and eat but is definitely less active. I wasnt sure if thats normal or if I should be concerned. Also, how do we refer to tortoises before we know if its a boy or girl? Saying it feels weird but its too young to know lol

Does it count as soaking if all of the time is spent attempting to escape??? 🧐😂

This is my first time giving her a bath :)

I have had a variety of styles of water bowls for my tortoise but when he’s walking around his table he constantly walks through it kicking all his substrate into it so it’s barely fresh. Any advice at all?

2 year old sulcata

hello, it's me again. we did our best to prevent infection to our pet, mikey, by applying diluted betadine on its injuries and just keeping him clean since we haven't been able to find any vet clinics near our province in pampanga (philippines). we tried looking up online as well but we're kind of hesitant in giving it medication without any proper consult, but what else can we really do? :((

it's been 3 days since i last posted here. since then, mikey hasn't been eating properly like it used to and we noticed that it has a foul odor 😞 we're worried. what if we're witnessing its final moments and treatment can't be given due to lack of local facilities :<

edit: we're new owners

hi guys! this is biscuit, he’s approx 6-7 months old, and he’s the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen 🥹🥹

Hello,

I am currently trying to get my tortoise to eat more and different foods - were currently trialling optimised 52 with him and were on day 2. We've added such a small amount to his food with majority being his current diet. However even with such a small amount he is point blank refusing any of the food.

Now, hes 2 years old so obviously I want him to continue to eat and Im not giving up with this new food.

Is there any advice anyone can give?

Hes a mediterranean spur thighed incase thats important here

Hi,

I would like to add some plants in indoor red foot enclosure, but I don't really know what to get. If real, I really need something that is good for them to take a bite on, and something that doesn't need natural light (I only have UVB/A and heat lamp).

For fake ones, I found some like the Komodo Monstera Standing Plant Decoration, some fake succulent plants or some kind of vines kind of plants as a wall background. However, I'm scared of having my tortoise eating plastic.

I don't have a bio-enclosure for numerous reasons. But I can try to get very small plants.

What would you recommend?

Thank you

I just brought this East Hermann's home and it(gender unknown ) haven't been pooping for three days. Is that normal? He's about 3 months old BTW. Thanks

My coworker’s mom rescued a tortoise in the past and she hatched a couple of babies later. They are giving away the babies right now and I will adopt one from them. Could you tell from the video what kind of tortoise are they?