Hello,
It's been 6 months since I got my russian tortoise so it's time to switch the UV lights. I had coil bulbs before, and after reading so many scary stories about them I decided to change to the long tubes. But also many told me that the long tubes are not really used anymore (?)
I'm...
For the past few days I noticed my RT had one eye (left one) very watery and swollen all the time, please check what the problem is and what I should do
Water/swollen eye (left)
This is the normal eye (right)
Hello everyone!
I bought my Russian Tortoise 26th July and I'm still trying to do research everyday about how I can make him as happy as possible everyday. I took a few pictures of him and the enclosure, can you please take a look and tell me if he looks healthy? And if something looks wrong...
I go outside to pick dandelions, clover, grass, other leaves everyday for my Russian tortoise and sometimes I see lots of small black dots on the leaves (that I can rub away with fingers), sometimes i see small insects on them, very small worms, sometimes leavess have grey dots on them. I also...
This might sound weird but my 2.5 years old RT (bought it 3 months ago) is sticking his tail into the soil often and humping it very often, looks like it's mating with the soil or something like that. Is it normal and why is it happening?
It's not pooing or anything. Also it became very...
Hello :) I bought my russian tortoise a week ago, its 2.5 years old. It always pees white stuff, I know thats urate and its normal.
But today when I took it on the floor it peed seethrough liquid, exactly like water, and alot! Is this normal? It looks like I spilled full glass of water on the...