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Hahah yeah I feed him out of my hand a lot and he hates it when I don't! He'll just stare at me for awhile if I stop.

Every time I pick up Darwin i rub him lightly on the head with my finger. At first as suspected he withdrew into his shell. Later he just kept his head still and didn't withdraw. Today when I did it he actually raised up his head to my finger and pushed against it, kind of like when you scratch...

He's up and awake this morning eating and fine thanks guys. I think he was just really tired

When he was in a smaller tank i'd let him out for a few hours a day and he moved faster then. since I've gotten this bigger tank he moves and is active more in it so i lessened the time he was out and is more sluggish compared to his once zingy (is that a word?) activity.

Right now it's about 70 degrees because it's night time but it gets up there in temperature in the day (Im not sure of the exact temp because I have him in a 36x24 concrete mixing tub enclosure so it's open) And no he didn't eat anything while out and about.

Oops sorry he's a Russian Tortoise!

So it got to be about 75-80 degrees where I live so I took my Russian tortoise out on a walk. I took him to a place where no chemicals are used to be safe. When I got back I put him down and he crawled into a corner and slept I thought maybe he was just tired from all the walking. The next day...

I thought you couldn't sex the hatchling but I thought i'd ask anyway. So there is NO way I can put anything in with him to socialize him?

Hello! I have a male russian tort (Darwin) between 7-9 years old. I am thinking about getting a second one for my boyfriend. We want to get a female hatchling if possible. What is your opinion on this? I have a big enough enclosure. When I bought Darwin from petsmart they had 2 torts a male and...

He tried getting out over the little statue once but wasn't very successful. I actually had to move the fake bushes he used those and got out! He's a crafty little guy!

nope it's just some crappy abstract art :) . With colors like blue and some clouds and stars and a sun and a human head.

So I just recently moved my tortoise to a bigger enclosure. He use to be in a tank on a shelf and he would constantly scratch at the sides. One day my boyfriend took one of my paintings and stuck it behind the glass and he stopped. We tried this with all kinds of different paintings but he would...

So I was going to build one but when I was out buying the wood I found this nice little tub thing usually used for growing flowers and stuff. It looks a little different than the picture because I've moved things around at least 10 times because he kept finding ways out. Also I've added a food...

I'm using coconut husk to keep it real humid. Once he have the bigger one we're going to move to the 1/2 sand 1/2 dirt and set him up a little garden and such. grow some dandys on a platform for him so he can hide under it for a shelter

Thanks! I will try out that spring mix with the one veggie and see how that works. I offered him iceberg lettuce because I get free salads at work and had it with me. as for his enclosure. I get up at 10am everyday turn up his heat to 85 and he is also in a window and gets sunlight. I go...

Hello! I've just gotten my first tortoise for Christmas. I've tried feeding him Spinach, carrots, tortoise food from the store and an assortment of other things. But he'll only eat iceberg lettuce. I feel like he's a kid that will ONLY eat macaroni. I think this might be a bad thing because I've...

Hello guys! Thanks for all the feed back! Sorry it took so long for me to reply. Darwin is at college with me since this is my second year. He's about the size of a small desert plate. His shell is about 4" (measured width and height) I'm trying to figure out how old he his not sure if it's...

Hello! My name is Meggan! Yesterday I bought my first Tortoise. He is a Russian Tortoise and I named him Darwin. Aaaand right now we're eating breakfast he seems to like the lettuce more than anything. Not really touching the tomato or cucumber. What is your (RT if you have one) tortoise's...