He's always in his shell, my last tortoise was really ok with me petting or touching him, my last one was younger when I had him, as well with that this one often likes to walk away from me.
It's kinda like a hair, I thought it was maybe on his shell, but when I pulled it war wrapped around his tail I think. Should I maybe soak him?
So hi y'all, now killing myself isn't something I constantly thinking about, but I do more than the average person. I kinda want life (the stress, the hurt, anxiety) all of that to end. But I simply don't want to know how it feels dying, it scares me, I don't want to know how it feels jumping off of a building, it probably hurts. I also want to finish off some movie serieses, actually read Batman for the first time, Finnish my hero academia. I wouldn't say that I'm mostly inclined to kill myself, but it's something that isn't as foreign as it should be. Therapy is not an option, mainly cause of situation.
I did some research and it says it's probably just shedding skin and to put him in water.
A while ago somebody told me that I could leave my tortoise be outside even during summer (unless it was super super hot) and I didn't do that. But his tortoise table can be closed, tho I don't have to close it fully. Would it be safe to do this? Ik tortoise are left outside, but that's when they're older. Basically he would have a basking spot and shade, plus he also has a little house that I made for him which could also be used for shade. The pic would be the basking part, in the shade he also has water.
So he's a hermans tortoise, about 5cm and I've been thinking of some names from some of my favorite media: All might, hanzo hasashi (hanzo for short), bi han, recommendetions for other names in MHA, mk, rezero or invincible, also Socrates, I'd maybe name him Socrates
I'm mostly asking about the UVA and UVB and the lampshade, I wanna add that I am not anywhere close where Amazon would be an option, so thing that are in my country is my best choice. The bulbs and lamp are 3k din, or about 25 euro or 29 dollars.
So I made a post before about my tortoise dying and I'm getting a new one. Unfortunately where I live it's pretty hard to find a old tortoise. So the best I could do is get a 2 year old tortoise. It'll be around 5cm and grow a maximum to 15 cm (y'all probably knew that lmao, stating the obvious). I researched a bit and I think 80x40cm should be enough. This was him while he was still with me. Does anyone have any tips that just generally help? It can really be anything, from grieving with his death, to the best times to feed my new tortoise, best days to bath him. Ik in general when I should, but I don't know the best days/time when I should do these things. I fed him around 2 time a day as long as with I left some food in case he was hungry, he always had water, but I would bath him around 3times a day.
So um yesterday my tortoise (hermans) died, while I wasn't home he flipped over and wasnt able to get back and I think he died from stress and stopped breathing. I was crying all day yesterday and my parents are buying 2 more. I'm kinda scared of something like this happening again, cause I was genuinely so fucking traumatised seeing gerson dead and finding out from my dad. I'm going to change my terrarium and I'm going to cover the glass up. Cause I've been researching a lot since he died (idk the gender). What should I do to prevent him from flipping over again. Cause I had gerson for only a year and I was constantly scared of him getting killed by someone and I've been kinda hard on myself for the time. Gerson was about 5cm. I also feel like no one actually understand how I actually feel.