Recent content by Alexisiis

It’s a mfemale

Hi, my Russian tort, tank, recently had these really small and white bugs and a few slightly larger but still small bugs on him. I’ve seen them on some old food before but haven’t really seen them on him. I will try to get a photo, but could these be mites or are they just springtails. Please...

Morning basking!

All I did was raise temps but he JUST started doing this and now he won’t stop. Could it be that I took him out of the enclosure once and now he wants to explore?

Tank has been very active now but I was wondering if it’s normal for him to climb the sides of his enclosure. I have rocks for him to climb on and he uses them. I just don’t know why he is doing this now

Would u say his shell is healthy? Because I’ve looked at other tort photos on the forum and they all look so prestine.

From last I checked, ambient day temps are 80 and under the lamp is 85, at night temps drop to around 70

Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, optimised 52 I’ve been trying to slowly add in, and the calcium supplement once or twice a week

I feel like tank doesn’t walk around or come out of his hide enough. Is there ways that I can stimulate him or get him to be more active? Or is it something I’m doing that’s making him less active. I was wondering bc I was just at a pet store and saw a red foot tortoise and a Russian tortoise...

He’s been doing well. I was wondering how active they usually are though? Like how often or long do they normally move around? I have been trying to integrate some new food which is kind of working.

These are photos of his shell

I’m out rn but I will asap

Thanks a lot!

So… I was taking my tortoise, tank, out of his enclosure for a soak. I got startled from a noise, my hand slipped, and I would say Tank fell about 2 or 2 1/2 feet onto the hard floor. He spun around before hitting the ground on his back. I immediately picked him up and placed him in the warm...