Recent content by DeanneW

Thank you for all the replies. It has been almost a year and I feel that I have lost my little pet.

My little yearling! Came out of brumation and gaining weight. He hasn't pooped ...that I can see. Should I soak him more frequently?

I found a video on Amazon - by a breeder - it's under video's. "Care & Selection of Your Russian Tortoise."

I appreciate the feedback. I did not turn him loose. I went to the other side of the house briefly, and he took off. This squirrel tunnel has been abandoned for years - and ascends up an embankment. The entrance to the tunnel is about 2 feet wide - before I plugged it up. I have thought of the...

I think I may have lost Turbo. I really miss him. I also have a yearling - will post a picture of it soon. It's a cutie. It's fun to have little one!

The tunnel is blocked at the top..so he can't crawl out. He had been behind the shed a few days earlier...so he knew how to get back there. He disappeared in a short amount of time , was not moving around and I went through this once when he went under the shed. He stopped moving around, was not...

This is a really big tunnel that was on my property for years - but I did not know that it came out under a retaining wall. I bought an endoscope from Amazon - and I saw the tunnel - it is not blocked. This what I am worried about - I can't get to him. There is no where else he could have gone...

Turbo...I hope he crawls out of the ground squirrel tunnel! I also purchased a yearling from a California Breeder.

My adult male crawled into a ground squirrel tunnel in May. I know they can go 9 months underground in their native Kazakhstan. A California breeder said this climate is perfect for them...and he could stay up there all Winter. I know they are biologically programmed to survive underground for...