russian enclosure

I'm moving into my college dorm room in 3 weeks and still need to get an enclosure to take with me for my Russian tortoise. He is currently in a 60-gallon long glass tank 48x18x16. My parents and college housing have recommended I downsize his tank but I'd never do that. I have limited space but...

I have had a russian tortoise for almost 2 years now. When I first got him, I followed the advice of a pet store employee who also has a tortoise. So my tortoise has been in a 48x18x18 glass tank. I am going to college next month and need to buy a new home for him to take with me to be in my...

I am super new at this. My uncle moved back to the Philippines and left me with this poor tortoise. He's had it for at least 5 years. It was given to him by another family member, so we don't really know how old this tort is. He had a pretty sad (unhealthy) life since he lived in a bucket the...

I am building a 8 feet by 4 feet indoor enclosure for my adult male russian tortoise and I'm wondering what Substrate i shuld use.

Hi! So, I posted before that my dad got a tortoise given to him by a colleague who no longer wanted her, and he was told it was a Hermann, but she is in fact, a Russian - thank you to the person that pointed that out! Every time I visited my dad, she's not come out from her hide much and has...

Hi All, I am a newbie member to the forum (in fact its my first time ever posting on any forum!) and to Tortoise ownership in general. We purchased Twig the Horsfield (which I think I am right in saying is aka a Russian tortoise) on 28th April and we think 'he' is approx. 6 months old. I wanted...

Hi I know humidity for a baby russian is important and so have been keeping my vivarium nice and humid but I'm having issues controlling it of course with heat and water you get condensation the condensation gathers on the glass and runs down making the wood/chipboard Swell and eventually rot...

Hi! I'm building an outdoor enclosure for my tortoise (Sunny Pistachio) this weekend. We are adopting him from a rescue and he should be home with us at the beginning of May. As we prepare his new outdoor home (we will also be building an indoor enclosure), I was wondering if this cold frame...

Hello Tortoiseforum! I wish I could be joining under better circumstances, but here we are haha. Context: I've had my Russian Tortoise for some amount of years now (don't remember how long, but a rough estimate would be 4-5 years?) and I've only just now learned that basically everything I've...

I've had my baby russian now for about 3 months and I'm a little worried about her health she never comes out of her hide I have to wake her up for her daily bath I've not seen her poo or pee ever. After her bath I put her near her basking spot she normally crawls into it to warm up she basks...

I am currently planning on building my own enclosure once I free up some more space but any tips to make Kirby’s current enclosure better would be awesome! He’s a Russian tortoise and around 6-7 months. This is a top view, the left side is a large shaded hide and the right side is his roaming...

Hi guys, I recently bought a bunch of sterilised top soil for my Russian tortoise. I'm just a bit confused about the humidity as everywhere recommends 40%-50% however my humidity ratings indicate 80-90% (when the sensor is submerged in the soil). Is it only the air around the tortoise that...

Hello, I live in the UK and i am planning to put my reptiles outside in a shed which has an electrical supply , My Russian tortoise currently lives in her tortoise table in my room but i want to move her into my shed but I am worried it will be to cold for her , The shed is not insulated...

I'm new to owning a tortoise. I did as much research as I could before getting her so I knew she would burrow. I provided extra substrate for her and she made sure to take advantage of it. She made a burrow for herself about 12 hours ago ( before night/bed time) and hasn't come out since. When...

New tortoise mom here. I have the bulb that I posted a picture of. Under the bulb seems to be 85-90 on average. I have a tortoise table that is 12.4 inches high. I have the ceramic lamp piece that sits right on the mesh of the tortoise table. Should I get a 100 watt bulb instead?

OK, I finally have a relatively decent "work in progress" outdoor enclosure set up for my Russian tortoise, Fezzik (4'5" long, guessing 4ish years), which has an enclosed/predator safe "night" area, and a larger day area (with door between). Right now he is only out during the day, and still in...

Hi, all! I know it’s a little early to be worrying about winter time, but I like to be prepared. I’ve posted here once before, but basically I inherited the family russian tortoise from my dad this past spring. She’s about 15 years old (probably older, but that’s how long he’s had her) and...

Just wanted to see if anyone is willing to share their indoor Russian tortoise setups? Ours is in proper size, proper lighting etc…it just needs….more lol. He has a hide, water, a feeding rock & my son & I our going to our river tomorrow for stones! So that may help. Thanks in advance! 🐢

I'm going to buy a Russian Tort, and I just want to know if me being in Upstate NY (def not an ideal temperature) if it would be fine to take him out of his exhibit every once in a while, probably just once or twice a day for no longer than an hour, but probably more like 30 mins, outside is...