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Housing young Russian/Herman

Hello there! In this thread, I’m going to include some information on an effective way to tackle a starter set up/a way you can build a bigger size once your baby is an adult. I know it looks a lot to go over, I like to make sure all bases are covered, I’m happy to break down any information...
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Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...
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YT Hermann's
COmtnLady
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Basic Redfoot Care, by Madkins (Posted for review and critique.)

(Note 1.-- some of the formating got jumbled when I cut and pasted the Google Docs page here. I'll try to clean it up. Note 2. This was posted to offer other options for new keepers and is meant to serve as a sticky to this forum, or to be easily printed out. Please review and critique it in...
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
This is the one with the SA map

Redfoot Tortoise Care Sheet

NOTE: I do not keep redfoots, and I only have one tortoise in total. With this in mind, remember that I am in no way an expert, and this should not be used as cold hard proof of how to raise a redfoot. I used information from great keepers on this forum to put everything together. This care...
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Zeropilot from 2022

White Red foot?!

My one year old red foot baby has some white on her head and the top scutes of her shell. Her humidity is kept between 65-100 (65 for the dry period of the day, and 80 most always, recently I have bumped it up because of this issue but it is not getting any better.) Her temps are 80 ambient, a...
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Sulcata & Leopard Food Pyramid

FOOD ITEM GUIDE

Reprinted with permission from "Everything-Turtles" on Facebook THIS IS A GUIDE, NOT A MANDATORY FOOD LIST
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Tom's Sully Diet recs

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...

Over and over I type up and answer diet questions and try to get people feeding the right stuff, but I find that the "norm" is grocery store food. Grocery store food is expensive, a hassle to obtain, and very low on the list of what is best for sulcatas. These tortoises are GRASS eaters. From...
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Marginated TX food/weeds list

Foraging In South Texas Safety Guide For Marginated Testudo!

Hey Guys! As a fairly new owner of a juvenile marginated tortoise named Cherubim McWigglesworth the Third— or Cherub, as we call him—I've had my fair share of struggles with his diet. Like many new owners, I initially relied on collard greens, kale, and other grocery store vegetables. But...
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Box Turtle Foods

box turtles

Does anyone know what kind of vegetation box turtles eat in the wild? Yvonne
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Box Turtle discussion and 'how to ship'

Any Three Toed Boxies?

Anyone here breed, or know of someone who breeds Three Toed Box Turtles? I am located in South Central Missouri, in the Ozarks. Any info, recommendations or contacts would be appreciated. Thank you!
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Here are some threads talking about Russian Tort Foods. It might help inspire some ideas.

good diet for russian???​

dose anyone know a good diet for a Russian tort
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady

edible plants​

Russian Tortoise. (Testudo horsfieldii, horsfield, Agrionemys, Steppe)
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady

Russian Tortoise Diet​

Russian Tortoise. (Testudo horsfieldii, horsfield, Agrionemys, Steppe)
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady

Russian tortoise staple diet​


Russian tortoise staple diet

Dose anyone know a Russian tortoises staple diet that you can find in the shops in the UK please?💖 Thank you 😊 🩵🐢
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Diets in general 3 major categories TheTortoiseTable.org

Healthy Diets

Healthy Diets
www.thetortoisetable.org.uk
COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Russian Pros recommended by Tom

Could I have done something to prevent my baby Russian dying inside her egg?

Ms Myrtle’s 4th clutch of 4 healthy, fertile eggs was at 80 days June 15th. I was blessed with Maeve the day before and Lourdes the day after. I have read that sometimes they can go as long as 110 days. Today was 105 days and I just checked on the eggs to find one of the eggs with the top...
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COmtnLady
COmtnLady
Russians usually hatch around 60 days. Most other tortoises around 90 days. leopards to 110 days, and Galapagos go 110-120.

What media are you using? Do you wet it at start of incubation or any time?

@Carol S @HoosierTort and @biochemnerd808 all have extensive experience hatching Russians. Maybe they will chime in with their thoughts.
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