Recent content by courtoon

Hi all! My baby RT will not, and I repeat will NOT go into her water dish I have in her enclosure. She seriously hates her soaks and I have a feeling she hates her water dish now too because of it. I have a small terra-cotta saucer embedded in her substrate so it's not deep, pretty shallow. Her...

Thank you! I didn't realize! I thought maybe she scratched herself on her substrate or something. Thanks! :)

Hi guys! My 3 mo old Russian looks like she has some skin peeling off of her face, right under her mouth there. I've attached some pictures of what it looks like. Her head is dark but this patch is lighter and looks flaky. I soak her everyday and I have her in cypress mulch that I wet pretty...

Hi guys! I just got my baby Russian tortoise yesterday and I already love her so much! Shes only 2 months. I have never had a tortoise before, let alone just a baby, so I feel like I've been overly paranoid about a few things I've noticed with her. When I put her in her enclosure, she just...

Hi guys! I just adopted a Russian tortoise today, and I have her in a 20 gal tank. I will get a wooden zoomed cage soon, just waiting on the funds. Right now I have her in my basement because that's the only place we have space, and it is COLD down there. It's about 60 degrees normally. I have a...