I have a pet tortoise named Carrot she is 5 to 6 years old, I got her from a local pet smart but when I got her the store never told us what species it was but they did know her genus was Testudo.
I have always thought she was a Russian Tortoise but when I look up pictures the shell pattern...
Ok, that picture is kind of old I use a heat lamp that produces heat and light and a separate Uv lamp that is cfl.
Then we will go to the store and get a non-cfl
Ok, thank you. I do not know if that is cfl type bulb and I did not know that those bulbs where not good. Can you tell me where I would check that? and Thank you for telling me that the uv bulbs don't have to be on all day
I need some help with the dimensions of the tortoise box I want to build. I have a Russian Tortoise (4-7 years old). My tortoise scratches at the corners of her terrarium and for a bit, I did not know why she was doing this. Then I asked the folks here on the tortoise forum and it turns out you...
To me, I feel like that large of a habitat is absurd I don't know where it would go maybe a tortoise isn't for me I got one because I thought they would be easy to take care of and we are all over the place during the week, although I love tortoises maybe they aren't the right pet for me.
ok thank you but I don't think my box is too small on the internet that box is for tortoises box and there are so many duplicates of the same model that has pretty good reviews.
I have a 6-8 year old Russian and she seems over-sensitive to even the smallest sounds and she starts trying to like climb up her walls. I know it's noise because when it's quiet she is calm.
she has a wooden tortoise box her temp and humidity are right I don't know what else it could be. This...