Just wanted to be sure what kind of tortoise I have

[Rebecca rojas]

I believe I found a russian tortoise but wanted to verify on here. My grandfather was telling me it was a desert tortoise. So I want to be sure I am giving it the correct food and provide the best care. Rainbow (my son named the tortoise) was found in my grandmother's yard shell completely painted , I have done my best to remove all the paint but some can still be seen on the shell. Please help me out. Thank you

 

[Kaeloni]

Looks like a Russian to me. Good find!

 

[katieandiggy]

Looks like a Russian to me too. Poor thing. Glad you have removed the paint.

 

[Yvonne G]

We're not supposed to talk about doing anything illegal on the forum, so I won't tell you that if it were me, I wouldn't bother to try to find his owner. Anyone who paints a tortoise's shell doesn't deserve him,

 

[Rebecca rojas]

I have had it for about a year. I never heard anything from any of the neighbors about a missing tortoise. But I was not happy about the shell it was very bad.

 

[Reptilony]

We're not supposed to talk about doing anything illegal on the forum, so I won't tell you that if it were me, I wouldn't bother to try to find his owner. Anyone who paints a tortoise's shell doesn't deserve him,

Well said Yvonne thank you

 

[RosemaryDW]

A male Russian.

What interesting coloring, he’s so dark! I wonder if that identifies as coming from someplace we don’t normally see selling wild caught tortoises?