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Hi all, ive had my russian for about 2 years, he usually eats a mix of dandelions and store bought dark leafy greens, there is now a huge shortage of salad in glasgow (and all of scotland/ uk ) so today i decided to try the pro rep food that i have jad since i got him I have always felt that...

thats great thanks :) we do plan on giving her a big upgrade eventually, now is not a good time sadly. but i will get a new water dish. i was thinking of using eco-earth for a change. we used that when we first got her. we need to get new substrate ether way so we thought just go for eco earth...

aw cool, thanks so much :) any thoughts on how i could improve the enclosure. its currently 5 feet by 2 & 1/2 feet so she will get an upgrade eventually

hope these are okay

woops sorry about that lol, i will upload one asap

I have had my russian tortoise terry for about a year now. when i got him he was 4 inches along the plastron. he is now about 2 and a half years old (we think) and has grown an inch since january , is this normal ? we think terry is female as he/she is 5inches and hasnt got a curve in the...

He is 2 years old and his new bulb will be here early next week . Its is just above 20°c just now in Scotland so i can take him out for an hour a day usually Thanks for the replys :)

Hello all, today my exoterra bulb broke . It was a heat and uvb bulb. I havw looked online and the soonest a new one will get here wil lbe just under 1 week. I have extra heat bulbs and spare light bulbs , i have plugged both those in and the heat is correct and its bright ebough and he cant...

yeah its a log hide, he hasnt flipped over in the last week so im hoping he has learned his lesson lol. if i see hi flip over again i will take it out but he likes sleeping in it so i will leave it in for now.

So....... about a month ago i took out a half log from my russian tortoise terrys enclusure, i put in a new one last week and today i saw in the morning terru was flipped over ( luckily he had only been like that for a few minutes ) but still gave me a scare, i went in 20 mins ago to check on...

Such a cute wee one

Also he is showing no signs of infection or ill health

Over tha past week or so i have noticed that terry. (My 2 year old russian) has been eating all of his food but he is sleeping alot. My heating is correct and his enclosure is 5 feet by 2 and a half feet. He is 4 inches long. I wasmt sure why he was sleeping so much and i am rather worried...

He is 1 and a half and is a russian. I will post picks

For the past 4 days my tortoise wont eat. I do my normal thing : put out his food in the morning and then go to school. When i get back it has been full . I have no idea why. The temps are correct and everything is the same. He will eat out of my hand but that takes like half an hour and i fear...

Today i was spot cleaning and i happend to put my hand jn the reptibark substrate and it was soaking wet. I moved the top layer and then i saw a lot of white paste. I know they creat a white paste but i gave hime a bath last night and the wet are was very large . He is showing all the signs of a...

Hey its me again lol. Today we are going to my parents house for 2 days and we are bringing terry with us but while i put him in his travel case i noticed his eyes are a bit wet. I dont know if this is normal but he is just as active as always and is eating well and he isnt making any nose...

In a few months i will build an outdoor enclosure for my russian. I have a big garden and i would like him to have the benafit of the natural grass so how can i build it and stop him digging out and stop birds from getting to him. Any tips or tutorials would be great ( and not to expensive if...

Yep it was down the middle of the shell , he is 4 inches

My russian was sold to me as a 1 year old . His shell 4 inches long that made me think he might be older , any ideas. Is it possible he isnt a russian