Obesity can be a problem for most animals, but is it also a problem for tortoises? Tortoises don’t seem the kind of animals that could get fat, after all, their body is mostly covered by a shell....

I have often wondered whether or not tortoises are able to jump. After all, they have 4 legs that they can move, and they are not that heavy, even if they have a big shell on their back. So I decided...

Turtles need two types of light, one that will provide UVB rays, and one that will provide heat. You can’t have a proper turtle tank without those two types of light. But do they also need a night...

We’ve all seen turtles sleeping underwater, and it’s a very fascinating thing to see a turtle, which needs to breathe air in order to survive, spend hours sleeping underwater. But, why do turtles...

Sometimes when you look at your tortoises, it might seem like it’s completely bored, and that might actually be the case, tortoises can get bored. So a question arises, do tortoises need toys? As...

Baby turtles are a lot more active than adult turtles, they are full of energy, they like to swim all day long, and they rarely rest. But at some point, they need to stop and sleep in order to regain...