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My Russian tortoise is about 2.5- 3 years old, and this is the second winter I've had her. Last winter, she remained fairly active, and didn't burrow all that much. She started turning down food in October, though I tried giving all sorts of different greens. Then she started burrowing, which...

I have a Russian tortoise, and right now at night I use a heating pad to keep him warm because it is still really cold here. I like the heating pad but I'm moving him over to a new enclosure and I would like to try out a ceramic heat emitter. I know that I need a thermostat for this, but I'm...

Right now I am using a substrate of play sand mixed with coconut coir for my Russian. I am thinking of switching from this to top soil because it seems too dry to me. A lot of posts I have checked say that you should mix coconut coir with the soil. Is this necessary? Should I switch to top soil...

Hi, I'm new here. So, I got my Russian tortoise twelve days ago, and I'm not sure how old he is, but he is certainly a baby. I'm concerned because it looks to me as though he may be pyramiding. This is my first tortoise, and I thought it would be good to more opinions; I may be overreacting, but...