Yes, they will pass urates during their soaks. Occasionally they will poop. Humidity is at 50%. And I have 3, 1 male and 2 female. They all came together.
Hi everyone! I am hoping you all can help me! This is my first summer with my Russians. They are around 8-10 years old and I adopted them from a friend of the family. They seem to have stopped eating this summer, it started during the July heatwave we had. The weather has cooled down pretty...
Thank you so much! You have been very helpful. I just read the "Info for new people" post and cant believe how much I did not know. I am glad to know that they can do well up here in Frazier. In the short time I have had them I have fallen in love with all of them and I could not bare to part...
Hi Tom,
Thank you for all the advice. So we live in the Frazier park mountains. So housing them outside isn’t an option and unfortunately I think our cold winter might have been what caused them to get sick. From what I have been told from their previous owners, I am their third owner, they are...
Thank you! This was very helpful information! I have thermostats and I was considering the heat emitting bulbs but I wasn’t sure. I will definitely work on this now.
At night it runs about 60 degrees and during the day it gets about 80-90 under their lamp. This is the enclosure I inherited from the previous owner. I had a feeling it wasn’t nearly big enough for 3 tortoises as the females are nearly twice as big as the male pictured here so my husband is...
Yes, the 3 of them are together. I just recently discovered the carrot soaks but I haven’t tried it yet. I will definitely be giving this a try today. How often do people usually give carrot soaks? I haven’t found too much info on them.
Hi everyone. I am new to the forum and a new tortoise owner. My 18 year old son brought home 3 Russian tortoises last October and was told they were extremely low maintenance. He followed the previous owners instructions for their care and did little of his own research. About a month after they...