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!

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

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

2 year old sulcata

This is my first time giving her a bath :)

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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?