Hello and welcome. Glad you found us and glad you posted pics. We can help you avert a few disasters.
First, your sulcatas are pyramiding. This is caused by growth in conditions that are too dry. You can't maintain the correct conditions for them, or for your RF in open topped, low-sided containers. They need closed chambers to hold in the heat and humidity.
Second, tortoises should never live in pairs. Your sulcatas each need their own enclosure.
Last thing I see in the pics: Russians are escape artists. The bricks you've used to contain him are not sturdy or tall enough. Just a question of time until he escapes and is gone forever. Make the walls twice that high and use something the doesn't give him a foot hold. Ideally, you'd also have an over-hanging lip around the top and capped corners.
Check these out:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/
Its a hard pill to swallow for a lot of people, but most of the info out in the world for tortoise care is wrong. "Research" leads you to old, often repeated, wrong info. Questions and conversation are welcome. Our only intention is to help your tortoises have great lives.
Here is my dilemma: You don't understand what is happening there and there are problems. I can A. Just let it go on and accept your dismissal, but this won't be good for your tortoises. Or B. I can upset you by arguing and hounding you in an effort to help you understand and make the needed changes.thank you for your feedback.! I actually have rescued each of these tortoises over the past few years so im definitely watching their pyramiding and doing what i can to lessen it and stop it from continuing on.
My whole family has many sulcatas roaming throughout their yard so im not too concerned with them in the same enclosure for temporary purposes until I establish a new and better outdoor enclosure for them each individually. Theyve never been violent towards each other but i am very watchful on that.
The outdoor enclosure i have now is very secure. There is actually chicken wire all around the enclosure and it is partially covered to allow more sunlight. Under the enclosure there are wooden planks incase burrowing ever gets to an extreme. The temperatures are dropping slowly in texas so ive been doing my best to get materials for all of them to house them outside, its taken me a bit longer than usual but i do not plan on keeping my young tortoises indoors forever as i know how big they will get. But thank you so much.! I really appreciate feedback from other tortoise owners.!
Tell us how you really feel. lolHere is my dilemma: You don't understand what is happening there and there are problems. I can A. Just let it go on and accept your dismissal, but this won't be good for your tortoises. Or B. I can upset you by arguing and hounding you in an effort to help you understand and make the needed changes.
If I do nothing, the tortoises suffer. If I make you mad and you leave because you think I'm a great big jerk, the tortoises suffer. I've got a rock and a hard place here. What to do?
Here is my dilemma: You don't understand what is happening there and there are problems. I can A. Just let it go on and accept your dismissal, but this won't be good for your tortoises. Or B. I can upset you by arguing and hounding you in an effort to help you understand and make the needed changes.
If I do nothing, the tortoises suffer. If I make you mad and you leave because you think I'm a great big jerk, the tortoises suffer. I've got a rock and a hard place here. What to do?
Welcome to the forum! Your carfty decorations are cute...and I absolutely love the names you chose!