Hi everyone! I'm Cassandra, and this is my Russian Tort named Olive. I've been following this forum for the last few months; a lot of great advice and experience, thank you everyone!
Olive's a very active little tortoise with a fun personality! She loves spring mix and dandelion. She also enjoys escarole. I put Herbal Hay on her food, but she hasn't tried it yet, just pushes it around. I soak her every other day, and once a week add some bird vitamins. She loves to lay in the grass in the far corner and take a nap in the sunlight.
We set up a little cave for her, you can see where she's sleeping. It's a large piece of flat rocked propped up securely by two narrow rocks. It's pretty neat, the top part of the rock is where she basks and eats. I'm aiming for the cave to be a humid hide, any advice on that? It has about 3 inches of moist coco coir under the rock for her to burrow in. I spray it in the morning so it stays constantly moist. She goes to sleep every night in her cave.
We got her a few months ago, shipped from the West Coast. She arrived healthy and active, but it did take her a few weeks to adjust. She now eats a lot and walks around her cage throughout the day. I'm really excited for spring/summer - I'm going to set up an outdoor enclosure so she can go out for a few hours a day. I live in New England so it will be a while
She has a great personality! I think she's started to recognize me as the giver of food... when she hears me, she stretches her little neck out and looks up at me. You can see the excitement when I have a pile of food, she really books it haha. I'm pretty sure she enjoys her head gently scratched and will stretch it out, which is adorable. I love my little tort!
Olive's a very active little tortoise with a fun personality! She loves spring mix and dandelion. She also enjoys escarole. I put Herbal Hay on her food, but she hasn't tried it yet, just pushes it around. I soak her every other day, and once a week add some bird vitamins. She loves to lay in the grass in the far corner and take a nap in the sunlight.
We set up a little cave for her, you can see where she's sleeping. It's a large piece of flat rocked propped up securely by two narrow rocks. It's pretty neat, the top part of the rock is where she basks and eats. I'm aiming for the cave to be a humid hide, any advice on that? It has about 3 inches of moist coco coir under the rock for her to burrow in. I spray it in the morning so it stays constantly moist. She goes to sleep every night in her cave.
We got her a few months ago, shipped from the West Coast. She arrived healthy and active, but it did take her a few weeks to adjust. She now eats a lot and walks around her cage throughout the day. I'm really excited for spring/summer - I'm going to set up an outdoor enclosure so she can go out for a few hours a day. I live in New England so it will be a while
She has a great personality! I think she's started to recognize me as the giver of food... when she hears me, she stretches her little neck out and looks up at me. You can see the excitement when I have a pile of food, she really books it haha. I'm pretty sure she enjoys her head gently scratched and will stretch it out, which is adorable. I love my little tort!
