Adopting

[animal-lover506]

Hi Guys,
Found this little male Russian at CORHS(Colorado Reptile Humane Society) and have been keeping my eye on him in hoping of adopting him possibly. I really hope I will be able to. What do you guys think? Does he look healthy?
Thanks,
Ava

 

[Maeve Twohy]

well, his beak is a overgrown, but other than that, he looks good (to me). i would do TONS of researching before getting him though (i did about 2 months of research before buying mine, and im still learning about tortoises). good luck!

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Wow, he's nice. His shell is so pretty and smooth! The only thing I see is that his beak is long. That can be trimmed down by feeding him on a slate, or you can do it with a dog nail drejil the slate could help his, though too.
He is a great carehseet on russians- http://russiantortoise.net/care_sheet.htm
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-russian.htm
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/
Overall, he looks very nice. Just guessing, though, 'he' looks very wide and big, did you see his tail? Might be girly

 

[animal-lover506]

well, his beak is a overgrown, but other than that, he looks good (to me). i would do TONS of researching before getting him though (i did about 2 months of research before buying mine, and im still learning about tortoises). good luck!

Ok. Yes I do research everyday and have already learned so much!

 

[Maeve Twohy]

Ok. Yes I do research everyday and have already learned so much!

good

 

[animal-lover506]

Wow, he's nice. His shell is so pretty and smooth! The only thing I see is that his beak is long. That can be trimmed down by feeding him on a slate, or you can do it with a dog nail drejil the slate could help his, though too.
He is a great carehseet on russians- http://russiantortoise.net/care_sheet.htm
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-russian.htm
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/
Overall, he looks very nice. Just guessing, though, 'he' looks very wide and big, did you see his tail? Might be girly

LOL hehe I thought he looked nice. Ill keep a good eye on him and no, there's no picture of his tail. Haven't actually met him yet.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Hopefully, if you don't adopt him, he goes to a good home. He so nice looking!

 

[animal-lover506]

Hopefully, if you don't adopt him, he goes to a good home. He so nice looking!

Yeah me too! Hopefully he'll become mine though. Just have to convince my dad. Lol

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Russians are very simple to take care of and make great pets! Hope you can convince him

 

[animal-lover506]

Thanks! I hope so too

 

[kathyth]

He looks good! Go for it!

 

[animal-lover506]

Thanks!! I'll try

 

[Jabuticaba]

He looks pretty good. I hope you get to adopt him. Good luck.


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[animal-lover506]

Thanks! I really hope I can get him also

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Tell them you'll only take him if they trim his beak...

 

[Abdulla6169]

I believe all adoption centers should clear any health issue before putting an animal off for adoption. That's a nice Russian by the way

 

[animal-lover506]

Tell them you'll only take him if they trim his beak...

Alright I will

 

[pam]

nice looking Russian

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Looks like Stephanie talked you out of a hatchling huh? This guy is really pretty, but remember now that he's going to need a lot more room than a hatchling. They are the greatest escape artists in the reptile world. I have see one climbing a chain link fence by using a corner, one foot on one fence and the other foot on the other. It sounds confusing but I just don't tell a good story...Anyhow, they escape frequently, so your Dad must make an escape proof, predator safe, warm place outside. Russians do better outside and they do hibernate, but you don't have to hibernate him, I don't hibernate any of my animals.. How are you planning on setting him up once you get him?

 

[animal-lover506]

Hi! So I plan on making an outdoor enclosure. Probably 6 ft by 4 ft. I'm still deciding but it's going to have a wooden frame I believe and it's going to have a roof that has a wire top just so my dogs can't get in and it will fold over the frame and lock. I'll post a pic once it's made. And then the indoor will be similar but smaller. I'll post pics for everything and I'm open to suggestions. I think this will he a good experience and I'm super excited