Recent content by Taloan

I've had my tortoise, Moppy, for a year. When I first got him he would hiss or retreat if we moved around his enclosure and didn't really do much. He has a big enclosure that takes up the end of my kitchen, so he's right in the middle of all the action. Now, after a year I feel like our...

Tortoise has been found... on our coffee table. We have a kotatsu which is basically a table with a blanket and when we were searching my husband folded the blanket on to the top of the kotatsu to look underneath and he accidentally rolled the tortoise up in the blanket. Luckily I was careful...

My russian tortoise, Thermopylae, escaped from his indoor enclosure today! I've had him for about six months and he's never gotten close to escaping, but sometime today while we were gone he pushed a bunch of stuff around and managed to knock over a plant and I'm guessing use it to get out the...

I have a question: are the grape leaves still good if they've been dried? I have three grape vines worth of grape leaves and they seem to be one of my Russian's favorite things to eat. I was wondering if they'd still be good if I dried them and fed them throughout the winter (among other...

I made some switches after taking the pic. I got a terracotta water dish, got the food rock and a cuttlebone and changed the light so it was hanging. I also moved around some of the decor with climbing in mind. Thanks for all the tips everyone, I'd rather learn from experienced owners advice...

I made it out of an Ikea bookshelf I had planned on throwing out and some spare wood I had around the house. I lined the bottom with linoleum to make it easy to clean.

Thanks for the advice. I'll fix the light. The walls are about 2 1/2 x as tall as the tortoises full length. Is the risk that it can climb up the corner or just that it could use objects to climb kind of like steps? (That may seem like a silly question, but I have hermit crabs and they have...

Here is the enclosure I made (I read up on it before I got the tortoise so I didn't depend on the pet store for info on this.). The substrate is a mix of soil and coconut fiber, I switched out the food bowl for a flat rock after doing some more reading.

So how do you tell the difference between a russian and a greek tortoise? I was told a female, but I just went to actually check for myself using a guide I found online and now I think it is a male. It had a long tail with a slit-shaped cloaca. So it could potentially be close to full size...

Hi! I am new to tortoises and I thought a forum would be a good place to turn to for info/advice. I just got a female greek tortoise today after doing a lot of reading of care guides. My girl is named Thermopylae and she is about 5 inches long. I was wondering if anyone had any idea of how...