Hi everybody! I'm your newest Tortoise Forum member. We got our Russian tortoise just a couple weeks ago. Previous owner said he bought it from PetSmart 3 years ago. I did quite a bit of research before and since getting it. That's how I found this forum, and decided to join. Everything is going well, except for one thing. It paces back and forth in its encloser all day. It is a glass aquarium, but I have put a 5 inch high piece of card board around the bottom of the whole thing. Back and forth all day. Is it going crazy?
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Jamie
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Post some pix. I’m guessing you could use a larger enclosure. Aquariums are “usually” never large enough.
Good luck happy torting - get your snow shovel ready
Post some pix. I’m guessing you could use a larger enclosure. Aquariums are “usually” never large enough.
Good luck happy torting - get your snow shovel ready
Haha, thanks, I've got my snowplow guy all set to stop by tomorrow. Here are some pictures. The tortoise is not that big and the encloser seems big enough.
But it just keeps pacing back and forth along the front, and if it is not crazy, I will be soon.
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It's pretty expensive to get a glass enclosure that's big enough to house a full grown Russian tortoise. . . and yours IS full grown. Because Russian tortoises are hard wired to travel great distances in the wild looking for food, etc. it's hard on them to be enclosed in a small space. Having said that, pacing is one of the things that Russian tortoises do. You'll just have to get used to it. It won't be as bad if you can set him up in a larger space, though
It's pretty expensive to get a glass enclosure that's big enough to house a full grown Russian tortoise. . . and yours IS full grown. Because Russian tortoises are hard wired to travel great distances in the wild looking for food, etc. it's hard on them to be enclosed in a small space. Having said that, pacing is one of the things that Russian tortoises do. You'll just have to get used to it. It won't be as bad if you can set him up in a larger space, though
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Your enclosure is really way to small. A Russian tortoise needs at least an 4 by 8 foot area. That should be the minimum. Read our Russian section. Check out the care sheets. This is all new up to date info on how to raise a health tort.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Oh, OK. That's good to know, I was worried that it was going to double in size or something. Thanks.
Welcome! Enjoy your new tortoise and read the Russian care info on the forum. It is a good one.
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