@tattvooi i used to have the same questions as you. when i buy my tortoise, i didn't prepare to set up the habitat for it. i tot it would be an easy job since its tortoise. 'mind set - long living animal' .But i was wrong. i asked other forum and they gave me habitat set ups that im not ready to build. such as these.



now im looking forward a cheap and reliable set up for housing my sick tortoise. btw, @tattvooi, where did u bought ur tortoise? did u choose them urself or the seller choose for u? i read from other forum, its better if u meet up the breeder and then choose those which is healthy. eg, bright eye, no soft shell, not gasping for air, not housed with other species etc. its hard to find breeder here. its only available at pet shop. even @samperth is ignoring me for good. hahaha. maybe me banyak macam. @tygoh, im still waititng for ur answer how to bring tortoise naik flight. cz if possible, maybe next time i got go kl i can bring my tort to see DR. or if my tort can't make it before i do, then maybe i can get a new one and choose properly from a breeder.

another thing, are tortoise active animals? like, the wander around, curious, walk here and there looking for food or simply sleeps day and night? somehow i see from videos, they are actively walking. but mine sleeps from day to night and only wakes up to eat and soak. not sure bcz still young or sick. any experienced sifus here can explain explain?

lol! i tot u guys really went to the forest to hunt for tortoise eggs and let it hatch to sell. hahaha! not bad mah, ur backyard can house so many tortoises. the yellow box turtle looks cool though! must be an albino. the manouria emys emys looks very cool too! a bit like sulcata. how come i never saw ppl selling it since it's native to borneo. illegal is it?

btw guys, any possible ways i can let go my leopard to WM? well at least they have reptile vet there. got proper antibiotics. unlike here. hope to let go while still quite healthy. don't want to let the situation worsen and then slowly seeing him die. it will breaks my heart even if its a reptile.

@btw, samperth u havent told me which part of sabah ur residing. maybe can meet up yamcha yamcha. talk talk tortoise lo.

yo bro cool down ya. hehehe . my story very long. 1st i'll introduce my habitat 1st.

this is the sleeping or night habitat. temperature +-31C. with humidity 80-90%. warm using ceramic heat emitter.


this is the grass habitat. can move around. when put under the sun, the temperature can easily rise up to 45-50C. which is harsh. happened once. if put under the roof, still outdoor, temperature is about 31-40C depending on weather.


this is the cardboard habitat. no longer put under the sun because of the high temperature. now permanently in the back of the house under the roof. this pic was taken before moving it under the roof. temperature will be around 31-35%. can get direct sunlight starting from 3 pm like that. but my tort will hide from the sun. humidity varies from 30-80% depending on weather. usually 40 like that.

i alternate my tortoise between grass and cardboard habitat during the daytime. cz not sure which one is the best. he will walk around more in the cardboard habitat and find whatever dark shade to sleep. as for grass habitat, sometimes even lazy to walk and directly sleeps wherever i put him. i dunno where should i put cz if under the sun then too hot. if not under the sun then no uvb. so hard oh~

as for internal parasites and protozoa, i once gave my local vet for fecal exam, she looked at it and not sure if its parasites. so the vet ask me to give my tortoise fembendazole (ubat cacing for kambing). it seems no effect. 5 days later the vet gave my tortoise an injection. she said it is antibiotic but didnt told me the name of the med. 3 days later, i went to see the vet again for review, and she gave another injection and she said that's all she can do. see if there's any improvement. well, no improvement but my tort seems weaker (not as strong when try to escape from me holding him or when tearing the leaves to eat).

he's still eating but not as much. i feed him sawi, kailan and opuntia pad. i tried hibiscus leaves and flower, but he's not interested. so most of the time he only eats the 3 things i gave him. he rarely eats grass. there's only a few time i see him eats grass. which made me happy for a moment, cz its healthy for them. i did tried to mix the leaves and vege like salad mix, but my tort so clever one. knows how to pick the food he likes.

no cement floor for him. actually all this time he had this bubbly nose but it wasn't as frequent. it became worse when there was this one faithful day, i sprinkled some cuttlebone powder i made my self onto a piece of kailan for him to eat. and at the same day, he had this super heat stroke from grass habitat. 45C+. so im not sure what causes the illness.

so any advice? please don't muntah darah for me raising my tort like this. im super new and still have a lot to learn. like i said, i tot having a tortoise would be easy until i have one now.

Thats y its from the vet. Not net advice. Even the fembendazole and antibiotic was given by the vet. Well, i doing my research now. Otherwise what do u think im doing here now? Thats y i need local advice and set up on how tortoise thrive without reptile vets.

Oh the fembendazole i only used one drop. Cz its still very small. Since u said its used for chelonian, so what's ur suggestion for leopards? But probably wont give it now until he looks better.

I'm sorry if I wasted your precious time. It's not my fault that I trusted my vet. I'm not a vet myself and like you said, internet is just an advice .I can't simply search Internet , find names of drugs and inject my baby tortoise. I don't knw what other input you need. I provided my habitat, temperature, humidity, and food. And also, I didn't know that it' s easy to get drug in Sabah. It's my 1st time having an expensive exotic reptile as pet. Anyway, I do thank you for the help u tried to give and the fine U spent on my tortoise. I'll try to get help somewhere else.

cute! is he sleeping? Or his eyes are like that most of the time? If it's like that most of the time , then you should be more cautious

not sure. but this might help.
http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/in...n-turtle-shell/

good to hear that. hope your turtle get well soon.

oh~ she looks cute. the shell looks alright. what oinment u used on her eyes?

@samperth yo bro, im going to twu this end of month for my friend's wedding. Free? Out yamcha?

wow ur baby looks really really small. the yellowish discharge come from where? the mouth? nose? or butt? ermmm i cant see any white spot on ur tortoise. not really sure. haven't encounter this kind of things yet. maybe more experienced member here can help out.

not too sure. just keep watching for few more days. could be flagellates as well.

hi guys, how many of you uses soil as substrate? isn't it messy? mine walk here and there and dirt everywhere including his drinking plate and bathing pool. dirt everywhere.

got mucus in the poop. if worse will got bubbly nose.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/commondisease.html

wow never knew there's thing called turtle tub until i googled it. not sure if there's any selling here in east msia. plus, 17 years old seems big. if fit all 6 inside not sure can fit hahaha. u might need a pond. or try search taobao. btw, which part of east msia ur staying?

owh~ he's a charm. so cute. pumpkin can be fed not so often. its good in vitamin A though. feed moderately. try hibiscus leaves and cactus pad.

wow what a farm! y some got red red de? booking liao?
hahaha one baby looks like he wants to mate early. hahaha.

wah admire ur pet so much. interested to adopt of mine de?