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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...

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...

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...

I think my tort‘s nails are start to grow kinda long. Would I cut these and if I do how, and would I need something special?IMG_1103.heic

I have a Russian tortoise. She is 6-8 years old Could she be experiencing depression?

My Russian has been climbing a lot in the corners of her wooden tortoise box. I'm worried that she will fall onto her back or something when I am at school. I do not think it has to do with humidity or heat because they are the right temps so I don't know if this is normal or not.

I have a Russian Tortoise named Carrot. She is Roughly a year old. I think this could be shell rot. I have been rubbing betadine on the affected spots for the past week, but I am not noticing any healing. I know that having cracks in her shell is the most common reason for shell rot but there...

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