Posts by Richard Clark

Introduction Your tortoise's diet is perhaps the most important part of caring for your pet tortoise. It can be the difference between your tortoise having a long and healthy life and your...

Just like humans, tortoises need trace minerals or vitamins to function normally. If you look at how little these vitamins are in terms of quantity, you will think they are negligible. But depriving...

If you’ve ever had a pet before, any pet, then the question of whether your little friend needs their own companion will have come up at least once or twice. This is especially true if your pet is...

Like most animals, you may need to be a bit more direct when trying to determine your tortoise’s gender. Unless you have a super-genius mutant tortoise, it won’t just up and tell you if it’s a...

Tortoises are generally low-maintenance pets, at least when compared to dogs or cats. You can literally leave them outside to feed on weeds and they would still live their astoundingly long lives,...

A tortoise’s shell is one of their biggest and most well-known features. Without them, tortoises probably would not be as popular as they are with most tortoise keepers. Not only do these shells...