i have no knowledge of plants and flowers names! These purple flowers/ weeds? Have popped up in a large patch in my yard. Anyone know what they are and are they safe for my Russian tortoise to eat?
.I have a 1 year old Russian tortoise and recently started growing food. I live in a cold area so until now have used grocery store greens. A few weeks ago I decided to try two small planters with seeds from Tortoisesupply.com, using organic soil. Within a week I had food! Right now I only...
I aim to soak my Russian Tortoise (about a year old) five times a week. My question is, if I see him drinking out of his water bowl do I need to soak him anyway?
Thank you!
I was given the Miracle grow aerogarden and wanted to try growing some salad greens (we live where its really cold so can't grow anything outdoors until summer). The aerogarden kit comes with the miracle grow plant nutrients which include pottasium nitrate, calcium nitrate, mono potassium...
I have a few more questions for caring for our Russian Tortoise baby. First off, he had diarrhea today. He had diarrhea for a day or two about two months ago and it worked itself out, so hoping this will be the case again. I had his stool checked and it was fine. But it made me wonder if I...
I noticed today while soaking our baby Russian Tortoise that his skin is peeling on his neck. Is this normal? My son said it means he's growing, but since he's 8 I thought i'd get a second opinion :) I have attached a picture as well. Thank you!
I took all of your advice, lowered the heating lamp and managed to cut through the screen so that the lamp could be lowered without the tank being wide open (helping with humidity and keeping my dog away). With some adjustments I got his basking temp to between 95 and 100 degrees. I also...
I have a 4 month old Russian tortoise which we got in August. He has been lethargic and after a trip to the vet and some good advice on this board I got a new light set up, increased the humidity etc and i'm hoping he'll become more active and therefore eat more soon. He does eat, usually right...
So I posted a few days ago and it was recommended that the heating/uvb lamp isn't getting close enough to my baby russian tortoise so I ordered a stand so I can get the lamp closer to him. I am wondering if there is a certain distance it should be, or just far enough away he wont' get burned...
We got a Russian Tortoise baby about two months ago. He sleeps almost all day and aside from eating doesn't do much else. I brought him to the vet about two weeks ago b/c I was concerned about his lack of activity, they did an exam and said he was slightly thin and his parasite check came back...