My Russian girl has been staying under her hide much of the day and has not been eating. I do see her out of her hide occasionally and basking, but mostly I just find her hiding.
It has been pretty hot here recently, with heat indexes of 100F or higher occasionally. Her basking spots outdoors...
I have been reading about the construction of outdoor enclosures from various people and websites so I can get more inspiration for mine :) but in the process, I've gotten a bit confused about something:
Many people note how much tortoises enjoy burrowing and digging, and in their builds they...
I had to make the decision to rehome either the box turtles or the russian tortoise that I took in. I'm still a little disappointed in myself, because that was the last thing I wanted to do. I really wanted to make this their permanent home, I got a little attached lol...
But there has been a...
We just came in from sunbathing just a bit ago, mainly because its pretty dang hot today and I don't have a fully-equipped outdoor enclosure yet (only the basics until I get paid again). I was worried she may start overheating even in the shade... my temperature gun was reading upwards of...
I think I've (finally) decided on a name for one of my 3 male budgies... only one, though ?
My girls are Astrid and Charlie. I often call my little green boy Mr. Man or Mr. Green just to have something to call him when I'm talking to them. It's kind of stuck now! So yesterday I had the...
I'm curious to know how many of you have tortoises/turtles that seem to be quite personable with their people! Does this tend to be something common amongst these reptiles? I know that a lot of reptiles will learn to associate their people with food and anticipate the people coming up to their...
Growing up, I kept a few different reptile species here and there, they were always for me specifically as my parents are not really fond of the reptiles (though my mom always loved the beardies!... until I started that dubia colony ?). It was a fun time trying to make my dad understand that...
I put a couple of plastic/practice golf balls in the RT girl's enclosure, and she seems perplexed ? the pictures were taken in the same order as you see them here ? this girl is going to be a fun companion, for sure.
*Does her beak look overgrown to you?
Hello all, I've recently taken on a russian tortoise and two box turtles on very short notice... i have general reptile husbandry experience but this is my first time with tortoises and land turtles!
They came to me in a 75 gallon aquarium (which was very, very smelly) and a regular heat lamp...