Thank you! I’ll refer to that care sheet. And yeah I really just want to make sure she is happy and healthy. I put off purchasing a tortoise for a very long time because I was afraid with my ADHD that it was a hyper focus and I would eventually get bored of her but now that she’s here I see that...
So my subadult Russian Tortoise is somewhat a picky eater and I’m trying to see if what I’m giving her is okay or if I need to add more. She won’t eat anything that’s not green, I’ve tried sweet peppers, carrots, and tomatoes and she doesn’t seem to like any fruit. I know fruit is only supposed...
Covering the playpen worked so well! Thank you! I tried plants and that didn’t really work bc I couldn’t find any tortoise safe ones but I used the lid of her hutch and laid it on top on the play pen area and covered it with paper and she spends way more time roaming around down there.
I’m pretty sure she’s a sub adult but I’m sure exactly how old and yeah I did think of that. The play pen I bought only have vertical bars so there is nothing for her to grab onto. She’s tried
Hello! I just recently got more things to improve my Russian tortoises enclosure and I wanted to get the opinion of more experienced owners. A few notes to start: the ramp up to the cage platform has been moved for now I plan on putting barriers on both the ramp and the platform because my...
I got her from a local pet store in Phoenix not pet smart or petco, I did forget to ask if she was CB but her first enclosure the 40 gallon tank she didn’t spend nearly as much time trying to escape. And yes it is a t5 strip light not a spiral or compact bulb I read those aren’t good. I plan on...
Here’s it looks like now, I covered the plexiglass and that seemed to immediately calm her down I also put the little house inside the built in hide to give a more secure space to burrow and sleep.
I actually also made some more changes after I posted that picture. The ramp is still in the same space but I was afraid the build in hide is too large for her so I moved the little house inside the hide so she a more secure place to hunker down. I also move all the stuff under the main ramp up...
I also kind of thought of either moving the ramp all the way to the side or to the middle because she does try to go under it to the other side but can’t get through the little gap
I’m not actually sure how old she is because I forgot to ask the pet store when I got her. She’s about 4-5 inches long right now and I haven’t weighed her yet either. I was planning on add a play pen on the outside of her hutch because there is a door on one side that unlatches to become a ramp...
I need some help, I'm a new Russian Tortoise owner and my female tortoise is now spending all day trying to escape her new enclosure. I just put her in this new enclosure this Saturday the 24th. I used to house her a 40 gallon glass terrarium and after a while I knew that was too small even with...