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My lil Russian, Franklin, is losing an awful lot of skin. Is this normal? At first, just a little bit of the skin on his neck seemed to be peeling, but now all the skin by his legs seems to be peeling as well.

So my tortoise's nails were getting quite long so I decided to trim them with the same clippers I use on my dog's nails (is this ok?) and most nails turned out fine, except for one that must have had quite a long quick! I just cut the end of the quick and there was a little bit of blood-does...

I've had my rescued Russian for about three months now, before he was with us he lived in a storage container and thats what we've been keeping him in as a temporary home. I really want to give hime something much better. Due to climate here, his permanent home must be inside, when it's warm we...

Just thought I'd show off my lil guy Franklin here! We rescued him about a month ago, he's doing great. I am working on a new enclosure for him. I also have to trim/file his beak. Yay, playtime! Are you watching me? Such a handsome guy! Yum dandelion greens! My favorite...

Hi I was just wondering what kind of substrates you all use and think are best? Also I'm having trouble keeping and maintaining any humidity(how much is needed), Help please?!

My lil Russian loves collard greens! We have also tried very dark leaf lettuces, but her favorite so far is definitely the collards. She also loves dandelion greens, of course! She is absolutely thrilled by banana, don't worry I know this is a treat for her so she recieves it infrequently. I was...

I have a Russian I rescued about a month ago, and I think she's absolutely perfect :) Today looking at pics of other Russians, I realized her beak is lots larger than the others. Should I be really concerned? All the other Russians seem to have nice rounded beaks and my lil ones beak looks...

I recently rescued a Russian tortoise and right now she is living in a big rubbermaid storage container. I would like to give her something a bit better, if I could. I was wondering if any one had tips or advice on what to do and how to do it? Pics would be extremely helpful! My parents won't...

Hello everyone! I'm really glad I've found this site. My family and I recently rescued a Russian tortoise. We believe it's a female. Her official name is Concha (shell in Spanish). We have a lot of different nicknames for her though, depending on her mood! Like a lot of other people here, my...