/r/Tortoises
Tortoises - pics, news, and info about land-dwelling turtles.
From beak to tail, carapace to plastron, everthing about wild and domestic tortoises.
External links:
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The Reptile Database - Family Testudinidae
California Turtle and Tortoise Club
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Sidebar image: Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise), Joshua Tree National Park.
/r/Tortoises
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Making Tiger exercise a little lol his head boops are so cute
15:04 UTC
Tortoise in African Savannah
16:55 UTC
ID - Santa Rosa County, FL. USA
Hi, could this group help with a potential ID or is another sub that is intended for that? This was Santa Rosa County, Florida near Blackwater River. It was around 30cm long. Not at all urgent (heated debate in process).
05:23 UTC
Lightning
Here she is, munching on her favorite dandelion leaves
04:05 UTC
She will spend the winter in a box filled with straw in the cellar.
23:37 UTC
Can tortoises feel love? If so, how do I know mine loves me?
I know it sounds stupid and cringe, but I've had my tortoise for nearly a year. He never puts his head in his shell around me (unless there's a storm) and loves to sleep on my chest. I'm not sure if it's just a normal thing.
17:14 UTC
Tiger is so cute eating
After that he bit my finger lol
16:10 UTC
Is this what the male tortoises dong really looks like? That's huge!
00:53 UTC
Anyone keeping Golden Greek tortoises?
If so, share a pic or two. Any breeding success?
18:33 UTC
That's what i mean when i say i let my big son roam free in the house lol
For context it's 30°c rn, even him must be melting. So theres probably nothing wrong with a little shower.
22:47 UTC
Got a basket, he likes to climb.
21:08 UTC
Tiger is so strong!
03:09 UTC
Doesnt matter what kind of 10yo you have. Human or tortious they must stop to play in the pile of leaves you just raked up.
22:25 UTC
HELP!! Worms in tortoise poop what do I do? Is this bad? Do I have to take him to the vet even tho I’m broke?? Pls help
He’s been pretty normal other than he does tend to sleep a lot but he is still only about a couple months I think (that’s what I was told at the pet store) he’s fed collard greens daily with flower toppers and calcium powder. He’s a Russian tort!!
21:46 UTC
desert tortoise hibernation location concerns
I have a 7-year-old desert tortoise, and I'm concerned with the hibernation location he choose this year. He's spent a few winters outside in a den I built for him and another he dug himself. This year he dug a ditch where his shell is resting under the dirt line but no rough. So, it's an open hole in the ground with a thick bush over him. He's at least 2 feet within all outer edges of the bush and it's about 3 feet high. I need to lie on the ground and lift up the side of the bush with a flashlight to see him. I live in Southern California; it doesn't snow at my elevation and that area of my yard doesn't flood. Should I put him in a box and bring him inside for the winter or let him do his thing? He can walk to the other 2 dens in the yard if he wants to.
19:12 UTC
URGENT
Please help! I found this blue stuff in my sulcatas bowl,and I don’t know what it is.
14:15 UTC
Red footed tortoise has lost the instinct to burrow?
Recently took in a roughly 3 year old red foot that was owned by my young sister for 1 year, he has lived for a long time in a small enclosure without enough substrate to burrow.
2 days ago I finished building his new 8x4ft table with enough substrate for him to burrow in, but I'm noticing he's not really doing any digging, he just kinda goes and sits in a corner to sleep. Obviously this is a learned behaviour because he's had no other choice, I know that at the point my family got him he'd already developed some pyramiding issues so I don't think the seller had him in great conditions either.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Will he learn to dig again? Is there anything I can do to encourage him to burrow? I am a new tortoise owner so any advice would be greatly appreciated
19:55 UTC
Weird Russian tortoise
I have a Russian tortoise I let roam around my room a bit and when I put him back in his spot he just goes straight back to bed /sleep scratching my dresser!! He’s free when ever he wants but as soon as I put him back in his dark area he’s scraping the paint off of it I’m worried for it I love it and I don’t want it to be depressed please help me
17:11 UTC