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Currently seeking a home for our tortoise, Luigi! Marissa, Luigi’s original owner, has left for college and his foster family is no longer able to take care of him. He is a handsome, friendly Russian tortoise who although lacks in speed, makes up for in personality. His favorite activities...

Just out of curiosity, does anyone have a side by side photo of a wc and cb Russian tortoise? I know the basic descriptions of them but I’d love to see a photograph. Pretty sure my boy luigi was wild caught but I’m curious to see the difference

my boy luigi is doing what seems to be wheezing. Im tight on money this month so I don’t know if I can afford to take him to the vet but I emailed them. Does anyone have experience with this? Please help! Here is an Instagram link to the videos https://instagram.com/p/BbHmWrxFNtm/

Hi everyone! I added a little loft to Luigi's enclosure, and the only problem is I'm struggling with making a ramp up to it. I've tried rocks and bricks and Luigi just can't climb up easily. Any advice on how to make one?

I'm worried my tortoise isn't getting enough exercise in the winter months. I'm not home most of the day so I don't know if he moves around much in his terrarium, which is rather large (12 feet sq.). Whenever I put him in the bath he kind of just sits there, so he doesn't get much time to move...

I've been seeing this around Luigi face for the past couple days. Is this normal?

I purchased two succulents for my RT recently, and couldn't find a whole lot of info on these two. He loves the golden sedum and once in a great while will eat the jade cache. Are these okay for him?

i was giving my tortoise a bath and cleaning him with a toothbrush. I noticed some residue came off of his scutes and I don't know if it's unhealthy or if it's just dirt/oil buildup. Could someone please let me know?

I know tortoises exhale when they go into their shells, however Luigi has been making a sharp exhaling sound every once in a while. His habitat is in my room, so sometimes when I go to sleep I can hear him making these noises. I think it came from his nose. Usually he makes this noise when I'm...

I take my tortoise outside on the concrete to file down the nails, but it hasn't been helping whatsoever. Every time I hold him his nails proceed to scrape my hands painfully. I looked on this forum and it said to trim them. I tried my best to not hurt his nerve, but he started to bleed and then...

My terrarium for an adult russian tortoise is too small (20 gallon tank) - I've heard about people linking storage bins, and this is my first option because it's cheap. I would build a wooden terrarium, but I don't have a whole lot of access to wood, nor am I good at using wood.. I wouldn't know...

Hi all! I have a 20 gallon tank where I keep my first tort, an adult Russian named Luigi. I just learned that this home is too small, and I've decided to purchase a new (indoor) home for him. I was at first going to get a 40 gallon tank for him, but learned that it's not the best for him. I...

I just learned that the pet store I adopted my Russian tort from lied (no surprise there) about his age- they claimed he was several months, and in actuality he's a little less than a decade, meaning I will have to purchase a bigger tank (I was thinking 40-50 gallons would be fine). From this...

I have coco coir for my tortoise, but I want to see if there is a substrate that is more accessible to me and can be found at places like Ace hardware or home depot- I've heard of people using cypress mulch, does this work well? I'd like to try something new

My tortoise was adopted about two weeks ago. The shop where I adopted him gets their torts from a breeder, and claimed he was about a year old, maybe a few months. I asked them to tell me his gender but claimed they wouldn't know from being that young. I know that pet stores aren't the most...

Hi! I have a few month old Russian tortoise from Petco named Luigi Stanley. I adopted him July 24, but I believed he had respiratory issues so he was under the care of the vets at petco for 10 days, and he was just released to me yesterday I know people online who have had their Russians sit...

I have a dual lighting system that sits on top of my tortoises habitat on a screen. Unfortunately, every time I need to move something out of the habitat, I have to take off the bulb and turn it off so it doesn't burn a hole through my carpet (it's happened before). Is there any way I can...

I just got a Russian tortoise. He's crawling into his water dish, and getting substrate everywhere in the dish, and making it a muddy mess. He's covered in the coconut substrate now. Help?? He keeps crawling into it and getting substrate stuck on his skin. Is my substrate too deep or too dry? He...

I am going to adopt a Russian tortoise in 3 weeks, after I return to the country. But I have a few questions- How often should I feed my tortoise and should I give him greens or tortoise food pellets every day? Should the water dish be bigger than the food dish? Do Russian tortoises bite...