I just upgrade my tort's enclosure to a new tortoise table (3x6 feet?) and I am currently in the process of getting his lights set up. My plan is to have 2 bulbs that screw into some fixtures on the warm end and then tube on the cool end.
For the cool end I just bought a Zilla tropical series...
I adopted a M/F pair of ~4 yr old Russians with the expectation of re-homing one before signs of aggression began.... looks like it has started quicker than expected. I am looking to re-home Boris, preferably to someone close by. However, the most important thing to me is that he goes to an...
I saw a thread with pics of two rubbermaid bins merged together for an indoor enclosure. The enclosure was for a baby tort, so I'm just wondering if anyone knows how big the bins would need to be to house 1 or 2 five yr old russians?
I posted in adoptions the other day and went to edit it and it is now locked... I also tried to reply with a picture because it didn't work when I tried to add it the first time and it says I don't have permission.
I remember reading some guidelines somewhere when I first opened my account...
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We adopted two Russians recently that are both 3 yrs old. One is a male (Boris) and the other is a female (Nellie). I have already read up on why keeping two torts together is a bad idea, but have not been able to find much info on how old torts are when the reach maturity. How much time...
My name is Laura and my boyfriend's name is Ben. We helped care for a 12 yr old female russian named Penelope last spring, who was staying with us because our roommates friend had landlord issues. We instantly fell in love with her and wanted to get a tort of our own!
We were recently lucky...