I've had it up to HERE w/ Russians! They are the sneakiest tortoises ever! Every day I visit my parents house to check up on my tortoises. They live in a 4x18 enclosure. And every once in a while my mom or nieces would tell me about Boris' attempt to escape.
Well that little rascal finally succeeded! It only took him one day to dig a hole INSIDE of his cave and crawl out.
My problem was that the substrate that the cave was sitting on was a bark type mulch, so it was very soft. I didn't notice because I had JUST redone the enclosure...so it was new and I didn't get a chance to test that specific area out.
He had the entire day to travel around the yard. It just so happened that day that the side wood fence entrance to the yard had an opening JUST ENOUGH for him to slide his grubby self through it and run off.
I'm bummed. Lost a male Russian that was graciously given to me because the owner was moving out of state.
FAIL.