Recent content by jgeigley

Thank you!! Yes, as soon as we saw this pic we were like 'We'll take him." Yikes. Poor guy. I'm not sure how long they've had him but wow.

Hello! We recently discovered a friend of ours owns this tortoise and we are concerned about his beak/general well-being. They want to re-home so we have offered to take him. We currently own a Russian tortoise and are working right now on building a separate enclosure for this new guy so they...

Glad I didn't bother trying it! Thanks!

So yeah, we live in an area where fall is long gone and it has been snowing. I feel like we are well past any outdoor seasonal allergies and there's no way this tortoise can live outside in our climate. (Except for a few months in the summer during the day.) I was thinking dirt was not great for...

Hello! We’ve had our Russian for about 6 months and in that time, we have figured out that our 6 year old son may be allergic to the substrate (maybe the dust or odor of it? Is it possible he’s allergic to the tortoise poop/pee ... even if we remove/clean quite often?) He is allergic to...

Okay - cool!! Just me being paranoid!! Thanks so much.

New Russian tortoise owner here and I’ve been reading these boards over the past week or so (especially the Russian care sheet/beginner mistakes - so glad for these resources!) We picked up our new Russian yesterday and brought him home - my husband had built a 4x8’ box + an outdoor enclosure...