tortoise and smells

Hello! Im new to the forum, I have an adult female Russian tortoise that’s about 12-14 years old, we’ve had her 2 years. We live in the Midwest and it’s starting to get really dry in our house, my tortoise’s humidity remains around 40% during the day. Since it has been getting dryer, I’ve been...

I got my leopard tortoise 2 weeks ago and he wasn’t eating (only ate very little twice) but he was very energetic. Yesterday, I took him out and he was walking up and down, and today when I tried to take him out for his daily walk in the garden, he wouldn’t move (legs and head are in the shell)...

Hello, I am thinking about getting my first tortoise (Russian). Given the climate and weather in my area, I would like to keep it indoors (with the proper light, enclosure size, etc. of course), and I am having a bit of difficulty picking potential enclosures. In what I've gathered from...

I was curious about how dangerous are fragrances to Russian Tortoises? I can’t use fragrances right now but when I go back to college I like to wear perfume and so does my roommate. I’ve heard that torts arent as sensitive to smells as birds but I need to know what is/ isn’t harmful for them...