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    I need help in setting up my russian tortoise habbit.

    I would just let her be while you search for the proper equipment. She will acclimate faster the more you leave her alone. Chances are she just wants to hide right now after the transport and doesn’t feel like eating. Tortoises are very hardy in my experience.. don’t think that they’re gonna...
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    I need help in setting up my russian tortoise habbit.

    They tricked you in to buying more stuff than you need… if you have a UV lamp, you don’t need vitamin D3 as UV is the natural source of the vitamin. And the “terrarium hood” is meant for UV lights, you only need one UV light so I’m not sure why they said you need a lamp and a hood.
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    Heat mat and heat lamp at same time? Hermanns

    The importance if you get a heat mat is that your tortoise is still able to self regulate. In the cold night a tortoise will burrow in to the ground because the ground holds heat from the day. In the day a tortoise will burrow in to the ground occasionally because the ground has not yet started...
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    Breeding no results

    First post on the forum in I’m pretty sure 4 months. Basically around 4/5 months ago my male bred my female in their enclosure quite a lot for a period of 1-2 weeks. This also happened 9/10 months ago. I haven’t seen anything like eggs of the sort. I wouldn’t mind eggs and would be quick to...
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    Is this white discoloration on the nose a URTI?

    What should I put as a visual barrier?
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    Is this white discoloration on the nose a URTI?

    He has galvanized steel wiremesh bordering his enclosure so it might be the zinc rubbing off on his nose (he likes to drag his face across it a lot) but I’m not sure
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    Is this white discoloration on the nose a URTI?

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    Hiding under a rock

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    12x5’ enclosure w/ cypress, fir, and cedar - Russians already loving it and digging

    My two Russians love their new, much larger enclosure. I put them in the shelter at night and they like to feed on the Kentucky blue grass and I put out a bowl for them to feed on some commercial foods and also high fiber diet and then take it inside at night. Much thanks to everyone who helped...
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    Keeping 1:2 MF enclosure

    Yeah... Started observing them more and it’s really preposterous what the pet store tells you
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    How to access a low-to-the-ground wooden enclosure?

    Got you. I think he meant I didn’t need covering to protect them in the day so long as I locked them in their shelter at night
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    How to access a low-to-the-ground wooden enclosure?

    I don’t have to be worried about things like birds or raccoons trying to snatch my tortoises? I can go without a cover on it?
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    How to access a low-to-the-ground wooden enclosure?

    I think I'm going to either just segment it in to a 2x2 and have each have its own hatch, or use trapezoidal hatches connected to the center.
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    Keeping 1:2 MF enclosure

    Yeah, My male actually ripped one of my nails half way from the bed when his got caught
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    How to access a low-to-the-ground wooden enclosure?

    I am planning on making an outdoor enclosure for my tortoises. I will always go to great lengths to protect them from wild animals (there are lots of raccoons where I live) and I want to use chicken wire or some other alternative to cover the top and bottom of the enclosure. Now I have one last...
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