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Does one exist? i have my russian tortoise in a bunch of eco earth and some cypress chips and theres quite a few gnats flying around. they probably got to the tortoise habitat from the houseplants i have but id like to get rid of them. Any ideas?

Well i put a large plant pot on its side half buried and even put him facing it. He stayed in it for a bit then turned around and slowly walked around for a while. Also, i work for petsmart and i also got mine from their. Im not in the petcare department, but im fairly certain all their...

Since the weather has been warming up ive tried bringing my russian tortoise outside at least once a day. Today wouldve been the 4th or 5th consecutive day. It seems that when i bring him out he stays completely still in what seems like terror. He just kinda slowly looks around. When i go...

Torterras first time ever going outside :)

tough love sounds like a good idea... itll make me sad watching him but ill try my hardest to stick to it :P thank you so much for the ideas

I got my russian about a week ago and finally got him all settled in to his new environment. I have been trying to feed him dandelion greens, collard greens, and grassland tortoise food from the pet store. He seems to not care for it and wont eat them much. I asked the petcare people at the...

call me a crazy nerd but i named mine torterra after the pokemon XD

to start this out i want to say im sorry for all the questions haha well ive just noticed that when i put my finger out in front of him or hold his cuttlefish bone in front of him he will wait a while and then lightly tap his chin on either the finger or the bone. he doesnt seem agitated or...

Im planning on getting the mercury bulb tomorrow when i go back into work, so thank you with the advice on that. Also he is eating better now! Looked over some of the other threads on the kind of morning ritual it seems most people go thru. Soak him for 20-30 min, put him back in the tank...

Heres the new setup

I work at a petsmart and they are only allowed to get male genders of most of their small animals because they arent legally allowed to breed them in the store. So maybe most pet stores dont have them so they are more rare to find?

I am absolutely loving all the ideas guys! I just finished his new set up but sadly i need to wait for my girlfriend to get out of school so she can take a picture to put up :). I have the lights much closer but i read somewhere else that i should be using a mercury UVB light. What do you...

I live in upstate NY, and id love to bring him outside so he can have more room but sadly thats not an option right now haha. im going to go look at target for those storage bins once im out of work tomorrow and ill deffinately look at that substrate you mentioned. thank you

Alright ill make sure to do that then. And all they fed him at the pet store was greens, no other types of food at all. Ill lower that light also, thank you for pointing that out. Is there an estimate on the dimensions i should have and what is the best way to attach two of those storage...

Hi, my names kevin and i just got my first russian tortoise two days ago. He seems healthy and active. I got him from the petsmart i work at and he was a captive bred tortoise. I'm just concerned because ever since i got him hes been nonstop walking around his tank and trying to dig or climb...