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One of my russian tortoise eggs hatched on Christmas! She (i think, due to incubation temps I set) is doing great:) She has been out 24 hours and her belly button is healed up. It was healed by this am, so I gave her a soak and put her back into the incubator. She ate a few bites of mixed...

my incubator went on the fritz. it dropped for 5 or so hours to 78 then 73for about 20 minutes while i tried to fix it. i had had it at 89 for my russian tortoise eggs, got it to go to about 87. am buying new incubator this morning, but is it too late for my eggs? they are 5 weeks along

Good morning, is this a male or female redfoot?

Nadja laid her first egg on Sunday night:) she had been digging test holes and then just plopped it on the ground. I got it into the incubator within 4 hours of her laying it, I had been working in my woodshop and missed the event:/ Anyway, I took a picture of it in her enclosure, and one with...

Hello Everyone:) Nadja laid an egg Sunday night. See attachments. 2 pictures of it in her enclosure ( one with her:), 2 with the date written on them, were taken by me peeking in to incubator today. She had been digging test holes for a month. Then laid it on top. I had checked her 4 hours...

I recently got together with my friends for a post holiday lunch. We were discussing things we received as gifts. Jewelry, perfume, clothes...When it came to my turn I explained, quite animatedly, that I got a solar meter and reptile fogger!!! and how lucky I was:) That I was SO excited to use...

Hello All, I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Please see the attached photo. These are my 2 redfoots. They are both rescues. The one on the left I adopted today, from another person who has had them a year after adopting them themselves. The one on the right I adopted early this fall...

My husband sent me this while I was at work...why do I always miss the interesting stuff? Anyway, Ivan and Betty were mating, making the weird noise and all. He snapped this shot right after they finished. I have had Ivan 14 months, he is 4.75", wild caught. Betty I have had a year, she was...

can tortoises eat or be in in an enclosure with leptinella squalida? ground cover from australia, looks like mini, tiny ferns. says it is non toxic...but not on the tortoise table list.

hello, a few months ago i posted a picture of Ivan's shell, looking like the edges of the scutes were separating, slightly. it has not gotten worse, don't worry. but it hasn't filled in with new growth. it seemed dry, and still does. i started soaking him 20 minutes every other day. and, forgive...

Hello All, My rescue Russian, Betty White, came to me with a deformed back end of her shell. She's 5. I got her from a family who's son had got her as a hatchling. The mother admitted she became the primary caregiver, and now the boy is headed off to college. She gave her lots of fruit and...

Hello all. Do Female Russian tortoises bob their heads at other females? Do Female Russian tortoises walk with their tails straight out or can they carry them tucked over? I have one male Russian. Definitely a male. One female Russian, definitley a female. Then I have Charlotte Igor. Had thin...

oh, my gosh, guys! i adopted a 5 year old female russian 3 weeks ago. owner teenage boy, going off to college, you know the story. the mom, because apparently her son was "unreliable," was taking care of her. fed her kale and raspberries. she has hardly eaten since i got her...and i admit, on...

Hello, Do this look normal to you guys? It started to look like separation about 2 weeks ago. He gets soaked twice a week, for 20 minutes. Is he dry or? I'm worried. Is it growth?

I have each of my Russians in their own 3x6' wooden enclosures for the winter, inside my sunporch. Their substrate is coco fiber and organic soil. Every day I pick out their messes, scooping the wet ones when necessary. How often do I need to completely empty the enclosures and refill? Also, can...

Hello Everyone, I am new, so bear with me. In college I had box turtles for 3 years. I had to rehome them when I moved after I graduated. For, literally, decades I missed them. Now, at 45, I decided to get Ivan, The Russian Tortoise, from a pet store this last spring. It being Portland, and a...