Hello! I built this for my Natasha last summer and there isn’t a day that goes by where she doesn’t climb up her ramp at least once. The base is 4x4 with the corner cut off to make the upper level. Couldn’t tell you the exact dimensions, though...
Edit: The UV light blocks it, but the platform...
In an enclosure thread it was brought to my attention that my tortoise may not be a male like the pet shop said. A few users there declared him to actually be a her. While I have no reason to doubt them, I would rather get a few more people’s input. What say you? Is this a male or female Russian...
The pet shop said he was and it looks like his cloaca is more of a slit than a star... beyond that, no I don’t know for sure. Boris may end up being a Natasha.
After my initial post, I found out that my tortoise table for Boris was woefully small. To rectify this, I built a new and improved table. It’s still half the size recommended (4x4 vs 4x8), but it’s about as big as the room can reasonably accommodate.
Anyway, I present Chez Boris 2.0!
Thanks for the tips and care sheet! I’ll have to amend my original travel upgrade plan since it sounds like it still wouldn’t have been big enough!
I’ve moistened the substrate and starting tonight he is getting more frequent soaks.
I’m glad I found this forum!
A few weeks ago I brought home my first tortoise after nearly 30 years of wanting one. A Russian Tortoise named "Boris". The pet shop estimated that he was 1-2 years old, so I wonder if he might be wild-caught or if it's just that the young lady helping me didn't know for sure. I built him a...