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Ok so I got him May 1st from PetSmart, the called him By his umbrella name, and lack of knowledge I first thought I had a Greek, but he's a Russian and I love him. There will be close ups to come, yes I'm still working on a bigger enclosure for him ?

Do Russians eat more and very aggressively during a growth spurt?

I read that they can have rose petals as a treat, well a couple sniffs and first bite, one happy little George ?

ok so I have had him for five weeks is 4.5 inches and has gotten used to me harvesting dandilion mallow and plantain (Northern Nevada parks are pesticide and herbicide free) I usually turn on the lights and put food down, that's become his norm, this morning yup trying to escape to find food, he...

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So I'm curious, if you accidentally change your tortoises routine, do they get mad and have a fit? The question comes from, I woke up turned on the lights and forgot to put food down, went back to sleep and got woke up to him tearing up his enclosure,

Yes the enclosure is to small at the moment, sadly I live in a one room unit so we got some room constraints, I'm moving some things to storage so I can build him a three foot by three foot by one foot enclosure

Ok so my Russian has turned out to be a very messy eaters, I took out the food dish because he pulls out the food and sits on the dish to eat. Has anyone else experience this

I have had my George for a month, he will eat the pet store good but prefers weeds, so I have fun and go forage in the morning for him

I have had George a week, this was his first trip out side

Ok , Had to ask, I read somewhere that PetSmart uses breakers, but hey I live in Reno Nevada, our climate is almost a mirror of where they come form as far as I can tell

How do you know it is wild caught and a Russian?

Yup got one thermometer in it, want two more so I get an idea of over all temp, so I'm thinking of the 75w till I can get a larger enclosure

Any suggestions on wattage of the ceramic heater?

Thank you,

It was sold to me at PetSmart as a Tetsudo Tortoise, so I do not know the difference between Russian and Greek

Ok braught this little guy home, planning on building a much larger space, I had a box turtle 30 years ago and remember keeping it in a 100gl enclosure, beyond that I can't remember care for it and it seems through reading Greek tortoise are a bit different in care, now I think he is dehydrated...