russain tortoise

Hi Im getting my russian tortoise a 6 foot by 3 foot gardenbed as a enclosure. I need to put this enclosure on a 2nd floor so it can't be heavy. I was thinking all coco coir but I heard it can cause my tortoise irritation and orchid bark is too expensive. Let me know what substrate i should use...

Russian looking at painting .

:tort:Hello I'm back and its been a while (sorry!) but i have a build I'm pretty happy with and would like some feedback on/ wanted to share. Top enclosure - is for a Russian tortoise (female) measures 10 foot by 3 foot Bottom enclosure- is for an eastern box turtle (male) measures 9 foot...

Hello! For the last week or so, my Russian is mostly uninterested in his food. He will eat a little bit and then walk away and go back into his hide, where he is spending like 95% of his time. Some days he is awake most of the time but still stays in the hide, other days he is sleeping pretty...

Hi guys! Recently I have gained the ability to help out and improve the life of a Russian Tortoise I have already been posting about her on a different thread however I decided that her journey should have its own space I can post updates. To sum up what I posted on the other thread the tortoise...

Hello, I have recently adopted Sheldon, a 5 year old Russian tortoise last week. I took him to a vet today who advised he has been severely neglected by his previous owners. As a result has metabolic bone disease. Sheldon can’t carry himself when he walks so he seems to shuffle on the floor...

Hey there! So I’ve had a problem with getting my Russian tortise to eat anything besides lettuce. He refuses to eat anything besides that, he will dead sprint twords the lettuce but will leave anything else. And we have tried multiple foods that people say that they love he is just refusing. I’m...

Hello, I’m sure this forum gets quite a few hibernation questions but I can’t seem to find an answer for mine (apologies if it has already been answered) I was wondering if there is a point in the year that is too late to hibernate a tortoise? My fridge wasn’t working in time for me to...

I am making this post because I am at a loss with how to help my 3-year-old Russian tortoise. He has been lethargic and not opening his eyes much for almost two months. As a result he isn’t eating much. I realized around this time that his heat lamp and pad were connected to his light timer, so...

I received my Russian tortoise hatchling from @Carol S today and could not be happier with the whole experience. She answered a lot of questions for me when I was shopping for supplies and allowed me to reserve a tortoise for a reasonable deposit. She sent me a photo of several and allowed me to...

My Russian Tortoise has been tube fed for the last 7 weeks, however in that time his weight has fluctuated quite a bit and he is only 10g heavier than the first week (currently 654g). I’m confused because we’ve been feeding him twice a day via the tube and he has also been eating on his own. We...

My 6-year old Russian has been unwell for a few months and been diagnosed with Mycoplasma. We’ve been going to the vets and trying antibiotics and new foods but he’s still not eating and very lethargic. We’ve decided the best course of action is fitting a feeding tube and this is being done on...

Hi y’all, so this is a largely unnecessary post, but you gave me a lot of really great advice so I wanted to provide an update on my 12 year old Russian tortoise, Pepper. As I’ve shared in a previous post, Pepper was the victim of improper husbandry due to lack of research on modern best...

Hi y’all, there’s some backstory here that I feel compelled to share, but if you just want to get to meat of it, skip to the second paragraph, lol. So I’m not really sure where to start here, but I have a 12 year old female Russian tortoise named Pepper. My partner got Pepper for my step...

Hi y’all, I’m in the process of building my Russian tortoise an outdoor enclosure and I went with this as one of my hides (the other is a large terracotta pot we’re going to partially bury). My question is: do I need to insulate the inside of this? I live is the USA in zone 5b, if that helps at...

Hi y’all, so I have a Russian tortoise (her name is Pepper) and I’m in the process of building her an outdoor enclosure. I have this weird little area off of my patio that’s about 12’x11’ that gets full sun until about 4pm. I want to do something covered because we sometimes see large birds like...

Tort on a mission

Loving my new wheel!

I’ve started caring for a Russian tortoise who lives at my work in a tank. Please know I’m aware a 2 x 3 table isn’t enough room, but this is the space available for now. Bigger things in the future. This will double his current space he’s been living in for years so I’m happy to improve things...

I’ve learned a lot recently from you guys about a tortoise in my office. I’m trying to change his life for the better because his situation hasn’t been ideal. He’s not mine, I’ve just started taking some responsibility for him. I have run into lighting/heating problems and I’m starting to be on...