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  1. Shuler24

    Russian attitude

    But, to answer the question about attitude. Yes. They have an attitude if you change up things, at least mine does. Not sure how to describe it but he pouts.
  2. Shuler24

    Russian tortoise eating dirt

    Yep agree about the Miner-all Sheldon did this last year when we put him outside, so we started to dust his food with it and it helped. He will still do it once and a while, but not all the time. We just try to sprinkle it on once or twice a week depending on what we observe.
  3. Shuler24

    Why does everyone name their tortoise Sheldon

    Lol, we inherited our Sheldon from our niece who had the original name Shelly, cause you know...she was 6. So when we got Sheldon, and realized she was actually a he, we just went with it....but that being said, we also love Big Bang Theory, so it worked.
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    Changing Habitats for Traveling

    When we’ve left for a week long vacations we left Sheldon with a trusted tort sitter but bringing his whole tort table is not realistic. We got him a smaller tort house and tried to set up up similar to his current layout, made sure he had a hide, food bowl, water etc. he did absolutely fine...
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    Not eating...

    Thanks for the detailed response. I will admit we want to have a normal life for Sheldon but the hibernation process scares us. We wanted to have a full year with him to better understand all his cycles, that being said next year we were going to research hibernation. Just nervous. I have...
  6. Shuler24

    Not eating...

    Thanks Tom, Sheldon has also slowed down, only coming out a couple times a week to eat and we give him a soak. This is our first winter with him, and we want to make sure this is normal. We have his table at 95F on the hot and 72F in his cool side with his hide, we are doing our best to keep...
  7. Shuler24

    our new Carol baby

    What a cutie!
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    Is this normal behavior? (Video)

    Agreed with Yvonne, doesn’t sound like anything I’ve heard. When Sheldon rubs his face like that, it is normally because something is stuck on his face (food or substrate) and he might sneeze but never heard him make that sound before, especially with the way she was opening her mouth. Have...
  9. Shuler24

    Russian tortoise escaped

    Oh no, I hope she comes home soon, but I have read other posts where the tort showed up after months, even during hibernation. Fingers crossed.
  10. Shuler24

    Russian Tortoise Sleeping and Not Eating

    This is the right place to get advice. Sheldon was acting the same, and I started to attribute it to the change in weather. I research a couple of older posts about ensuring the lighting was correct (brightness and angle) to make sure your little guy isn’t trying to hibernate. Not sure if...
  11. Shuler24

    Why is my Russian so dark?

    What a cutie! Like all creatures, variety is the spice of life!
  12. Shuler24

    Super peely tort.

    Sheldon’s neck was a little flaky and dry last week. I increased spraying down his enclosure and sprayed the back of his neck once a day, along with his soaks. It cleared right up. I’m sure if you post a picture the experts can tell you if it is just normally pealing or not.
  13. Shuler24

    Hello!

    Welcome, what a little cutie!
  14. Shuler24

    Hi

    Welcome to the forum! Hi Jack!
  15. Shuler24

    Help im new to this

    Hi Charlie, I’m sure one of the moderators will have some questions, about you setup conditions and they can give you very specific advice, but I would move the enclosure away from the AC unit. Do you have any pictures of your setup? Here is a link to the care sheets, this really helped me...
  16. Shuler24

    Help Identifying a weed

    Sorry meant the seed mix from TortoiseSupply. Need to give them proper kudos, because I love their products.
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    Help Identifying a weed

    Yeah, we planted the seed mix from the Tortoise Table, and he stomps over those when he sees spurge. I think he knows he will get in trouble, it’s like he hides it, lol. They are smart for sure.
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    Help Identifying a weed

    Wow, that’s scary, glad I asked, we will keep pulling them, they are hard to kill. Hopefully the times I’ve caught Sheldon, it didn’t harm him. Thanks for the Quick response!
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    Help Identifying a weed

    Looking to see if anybody can identify this weed. They are in Sheldon’s outdoor enclosure, and I’ve been picking them, because he is obsessed with eating them. If I knew what they were maybe I wouldn’t care, but they keep coming back like....well weeds...any thoughts?
  20. Shuler24

    Testudo Mix from Tortoise Supply grows great in tortoise table!

    We planted the same mix in Sheldon’s outdoor enclosure, and got a section in the garden for picking for the winter when it comes. But yeah, he stomps over it too! It grows really fast.
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