Tortoise

What Do You Feed A Sulcata Tortoise
Feeding The Sulcata Tortoise
Most new sulcata tortoise owners are interested in finding out what to feed their tortoise. I get the question often on my blog Tortoise Talk. For this reason, I have prepared an extensive list of things they like and dont like, what to grow and not grow, as well as a load of other information to do with feeding your tortoise, in all types of scenarios.

Housing a Sulcata Tortoise
Housing Tips For The Sulcata Tortoise Owner
Housing an adult Sulcata Tortoise is definitely different than a juvenile Sulcata Tortoise. There are many things to consider and planning will help you and your tortoise in the end. I will go over what you need to know to house both a juvenile Sulcata Tortoise and adult Sulcata Tortoise. I will give instructions on how to build your tortoise habitat with important things to keep in mind that help prepare the tortoise transition from juvenile to adult living. With a lot of planning and work ...

Tortoise
Tortoises or land turtles are land-dwelling reptiles of the family of Testudinidae, order Testudines. Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise has both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimetres to two meters. Tortoises tend to be diurnal animals with tendencies to be crep...

Star Tortoise Fun & Gifts
Intro to Star Tortoises
Star tortoises have beautifully patterned shells. This pattern varies somewhat by the individual tortoise and its native location, especially among the Indian Star tortoises. Star tortoises include the Indian / Sri Lankan Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) and the Burmese Star tortoise (Geochelone platynota). The Indian Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a beautiful tortoise native to India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Thus, the Indian Star tortoise has three geographical variations: northe...