Recent content by TortoiseMike

I have these all over my yard, with ten Russians, two sulcatas and a desert tort.... I need all the dandelion flowers and leaves I can find. I don't know the exact scientific name, but this is a variety of dandelion. I grow like the or four differing kinds though I might not be 100%right on the...

Re: Why hello there! I recited two big sultanas three years ago from this idiot who kept them in a glass box for almost seven years with no heat or UVB.... It was a work in progress. Three years later. .. lost one of Em due to MBD, but the bigger of the two has pulled thru. ..Frekka is her...

If your tort is registered. .. You can't legally take them out of cali, but then. .. You can always do whatever! It should of been in the p/w when you legally registered the Tortle. We registered our desert tort years ago when we found him walking down the street in front of the pet store I work...

Hey all; my wife and I have decided that our torts deserve an upgrade in their digs. So we(I) am building new enclosures for all. Before, we had a forty by thirty foot square that was our Russians outside home. They go out everyday 8 Am till 8 Pm. Then at nite come in and they all sleep parked...

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! My wife and I love our chelonian's and hope that it shows in our treatment and outlook. Sorry I've been to busy to reply last couple days... One of our Russians- Natasha, has come down with what we think is upper respiratory infection. Vet visit, med's, and a...

Thanks all! Glad to join the forum and gain new insight and be able to share whatever knowledge I have, with everyone, back and forth. As to my Sulcata's... Been to vet and as you All have said... It is MBD. But them only being six and young still with long life ahead, still repairable. Vet gave...

Hello, I'm Mike, I have six russians, all acquired seperately[long story]. Usually they will be very shy at first, and won't even usually eat for a few day's up to a month or so. All of mine have been rescue/ adoptions, so I havent really before having them. But now all are in tip top shape.

Hi all, I'm Mike. I live in the San Jose area. I have two female Sulcatas, six Russians, a Desert Tortoise and three box turtles. I have had the Russians quite a while but just recently acquired the Sulcatas. We took them in because their care was substandard. Their shells show extreme...