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im currently thinking about giving away my tortoise, i love him very much but i just dont have everything to provide him with :( also, im not posting this on here to give him away on here, ill put him on craigslist to see if anyone will come pick him up as i dont want to mail him anywhere since...

i want to do something like this http://www.tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/Cheap%2C-Easy%2C-Simple-Sunning-Enclosure.14680/ and ill provide shade and everything obviously. i live in las vegas so its always extremely sunny and usually always 100 degrees+ and in august it gets to 110+. is...

i do have a heat lamp, just not a uvb. if i were to not buy one and just take him outside for a few hours how many hours of sunlight would he need? i live in nevada (las vegas) and its never cloudy here so ill be able to take him out everyday (or as often as possible)!! i cant make an outdoor...

i went on a trip for 2 weeks so i left a friend to take care of him. the bottom of his mouth looks as if it was peeled is that normal? also its not noticable in the picture but he has bubbles around his eyes? what could that be?

theyre veryyyyy tiny theyre like the size of a dot. theyd probably do no harm but ive seen a few crawling across my torts shell and by the food bowl but not actually on it. should i change the dirt or is it fine?

i feed him tortoise pellets,spring mix (i have stopped though as he doesnt like it much) and i feed him cucumber a bit more often now could that be bad for him? i want to buy something for him so that he doesnt have to eat the same thing so often :D if anyone has any russian tortoises what do...

he seems a bit swollen, i asked my family and they said he looked fine but im just making sure. hes been eating the same and hes usually fed a bit of cucumber,spring mix, and tortoise pellets. i soak him around 3-5 times a week and he poops normally and usually doesnt pass urates but when he...

ill be gone the 26-14 and my moms friend is taking care of my russian tort for me. he only has a uva for now and she'll probably take him out every once in a while but probably not more than half an hour. will he get sick in that time if he doesnt get any sunlight ? is there anything i can do...

its impossible for me to find cheap uvb bulbs so i currently have a 75W uva bulb. i know that coil bulbs are bad for tortoises but can some of you send me photos of what type of UVB bulb you use? less than $20-25 max? thanks!

he is acting the same as always and doing everything the same so he doesnt seem sick at all but he wont eat !! i took him outside and hes been walking around. he's eaten one very tiny bite of cucumber that i cut up for him and part of a tortoise pellet but thats basically it. i get worried about...

i got a russian tortoise about 3 weeks ago and he never drinks water!! i give him tortoise pellets, cucumber (not a lot very few actually and not every day), and spring mix but he never drinks his water. i started soaking him last week and even during his soaks his head will never go near the...

currently i have a uva light which i know they should be having a uvb. a worker a petsmart gave me a uva instead of uvb and i obviously did not look at the box to see as i thought knew. anyways, i have to use this for now until i can get my hands on one. but could the uva light be the problem...

i took my russian tort out for a while and for some reason when he peed i made a sound kind of as if you had just squeezed a ketchup bottle (weird example but thats the only thing i could think that most resembled the noise.) it seemed like a bit more urates came out than usual but i could just...

i just got a new russian tortoise after my last one died on sunday due to the fact my mother left her outside in the sun and she overheated :( i have a few questions if anyone can answer them? what should i be feeding him daily and does anyone have any idea of how old he might be? they had told...