r/tortoise

My tortoise keeps trying to climb the wall and then flips over in his pool. Any ideas on why its doing this and how to stop it?!

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.

I adopted this cutie on Friday. He’s a 3-4 year old Eastern Hermann’s tortoise. He has been eating a lot and is super active! I love him already. Anything I can do to help him acclimate?

Has anyone seen their tortoise do this motion with his mouth?

My guy (have had him for about 1.5 months) was just fine and eating really well until yesterday. I noticed that I had put him in his food plate like I usually do and that he didn’t move that whole day. So today when I was giving him his bath and making his breakfast, I noticed he also was very lethargic. And now I’m noticing how he’s breathing like he either has a blockage or maybe something respiratory? When I bring food to him he will eat it, but doesn’t seem to want to move at all himself.

(His skin has also gotten really dry from a heat lamp that was too hot, but we have changed to a better one and are giving him daily soaks.)

Unfortunately our vet is not open on Sundays so I’m hoping this is something that can wait until tomorrow. I was hoping for advice from you guys if I should be driving him out to a vet somewhere else today.

Thanks in advanced.

a video of my aldabras eating their greens. they're big and heavy now! 🥹

Thought I would post another photo of our 16 year Greek tortoise Shelldon. After a none stop day he's decided he needs an early night.......Just look at that little face as cutie as a baby.

I lost my bestie yesterday. I went outside yesterday and my Leopard Tort was unresponsive. Papa Giorgio was 15yo. I got him for my daughter when she was 3 months. He was 6 months older than her. They grew up together. I have no idea what happened. He was okay in the morning and by 2 he was gone. We took him to an exotic pet vet and they confirmed he was gone. I just want everyone to see how amazing he was.

Edit: Thank you all for your kindness. After I wrote this post I got off reddit bc it made me too sad. Sorry I haven't responded sooner. Papa Nick Giorgio, how do the kids say it, iykyk

Should I be concerned about my Edmond? He has snot occasionally and sometimes his face is wet around his eyes I’ve also heard him make wheezing noises and just random noises occasionally. Tbh I’m not sure what noises are “normal” and what ones are not. Thank you for any input. This is my first summer with him, I have seen some recent posts of decreased turtles and now I’m panicking.

Ignore my singing, watch dancing Hilde :-)

Basically, I'm worried my 3 month old Hermann's is overweight already, or inflamed somehow. Is it just baby flab, am I just being over worried, or is there something up? I give him regular soaks every day, feed him his shell size amount of food, vary his diet, make sure his humidity is between 60%-80%, and keep a good temperature gradient and basking spot.

Iv had my tortoise ever since I was young and he’s always been extremely active. He is constantly trying to break out even when he was tiny he’d non stop try and get through the walls. I did also take on another female tortoise and have had to separate them as he is constantly trying to mate with her and she was always running away. I just feel like it’s cruel at this point to keep him as he’s clearly not happy and I’m worrying hes hurting himself. I don’t know what I can do or why he’s like this I can’t help but feel he should be out in the wild could anyone could offer any advice. Thank you

What are y’all doing during the heatwave for outside enclosures? Just letting them ride it out? My western Hermann’s tortoise hatchling is burying himself in the substrate—which is definitely way lower of a temp. Just not sure if I should add a fan across the top or something…

Hopefully I'm being paranoid but he looks like he might be dragging his left side in this video. He's a Russian tortoise, unknown age (found as a stray). He lives outdoors in southern California in my backyard (over 10x10' of space) with both dirt/soil and concrete areas so it shouldn't be a UV issue.