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  1. Hollymacd63

    Tortoise pee

    So my newishly adopted Russian, Roswell, is like a whole new man. Way more active. More coordinated, voracious appetite. Eyes are lovely. But now here is my question…. How much should a tortoise pee? My bf found this that had leaked out the corner of his table. Looks like a lot of pee to me...
  2. Hollymacd63

    New to the game

    Roswell has been eating a ton and was probably chronically dehydrated. Found a turd in his enclosure this am and he did another during his soak. We seem to have a daily pattern. After soaking, he basks for a minute or two and then heads for his bowl and waits for me to fill it up and then goes...
  3. Hollymacd63

    Russian heat and uvb

    where are they located?
  4. Hollymacd63

    Buried Russian- out side.

    Im new to the Tortoise game and reading through lots of info and old posts on this forum and I'm curious now, How did your Tortoise make out??
  5. Hollymacd63

    New to the game

    He is getting a new table that is much larger, presently being built and I have researched plants that aren't toxic and plan to use a reptisoil base with the cypress mulch topper, this way I can plant some plants in his new enclosure. I've read that they don't love change so I was thinking of...
  6. Hollymacd63

    New to the game

    I adopted a Russian from my niece. She has had him for 8 years. I determined he is a mature Male. He has a turtle table. He was pretty sluggish with swollen eyes when I first brought him home. Today he is active, enjoyed his soaks, his eyes are now open….he is curious and interactive. His...
  7. Hollymacd63

    New Owner Show-and-Tell!

    “Rosy” who we renamed to Roswell or Roz or Rozy (turns out our adopted friend is male)
  8. Hollymacd63

    New Russian Tortoise mom

    Thank you so much
  9. Hollymacd63

    New Russian Tortoise mom

    I did read this! thank you for the info
  10. Hollymacd63

    New Russian Tortoise mom

    So I just adopted Rosy The Russian Tortoise from my niece. Ive been doing lots of research and am going to build her a new Tortoise Table and I wanted to grow plants to plant in there for her to graze on. I live in NH, she gets outside to graze in the summer but is exclusively inside for the...
  11. Hollymacd63

    Live plants my Russian can graze?

    So I just adopted Rosy The Russian Tortoise from my niece. Ive been doing lots of research and am going to build her a new Tortoise Table and I wanted to grow plants to plant in there for her to graze on. I live in NH, she gets outside to graze in the summer but is exclusively inside for the...
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