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I just received a baby Hermann's tortoise from tortoisesupply.com. He/she is only about 1.5" long, but started crawling around and eating pretty voraciously after a brief soak. I'm calling it Hermione, in hopes it's a girl. Food: I offered it a shred of organic romaine lettuce, dandelion...

About 6 months ago, I bought two female Russian tortoises who had been kept with a male. The seller rescues tortoises and then sells them, and he warned me that they might lay eggs. I've kept them in an indoor enclosure over the Colorado winter, and I took them outside this afternoon to get some...

I recently adopted two female Russian tortoises (I know, not ideal to keep together...but I have a very large enclosure, and they don't interact at all). I live in the Colorado Front Range, where winter temperatures often go below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. I've talked to other tortoise owners in the...

I purchased a Russian Tortoise yesterday from a family that said they'd had him for 5-6 years, but they clearly knew nothing about tortoises (and I don't have a lot of room to talk as I've never had one before, but just felt like this guy needed to be rescued): He was living in a glass...