my new russian

[gamera154]

so i finally got my tortoise today he's in the indoor enclosure from my other threads its small but its temporary heres a pick of him

 

[leigti]

Congratulations on your new tortoise.

 

[Oxalis]

Congrats! With love and care, your tortoise will be your companion for many wonderful years to come!!

 

[gamera154]

he ate for the first time with me today he had a lunch of rose petals dandilion flower and weed bits some alo-vera and grass

 

[gamera154]

how high is the risk of geting salmonella from my tort becuase my mom is worried

 

[DutchieAmanda]

You could get Salmonella from all animals theorethically. If you just wash your hands after handling your tort, you'll be fine!

 

[gamera154]

more pics of my gamera i love him so much and he even lets me pet his head and neck

 

[leigti]

He's a cute little guy. I like the black-and-white pictures.

 

[leigti]

Congrats! With love and care, your tortoise will be your companion for many wonderful years to come!!

Possibly your entire life

 

[gamera154]

He's a cute little guy. I like the black-and-white pictures.

there not black and white its just how the light affects the camera

 

[yillt]

Cute little tortoise. He looks very happy. I used to be worried about catching salmonella but there is a risk of everything where ever you go. So just wash your hands after handling( which I occasionally forget to do after handling and im still here) but don't take an example from me.

 

[Oxalis]

So cute! They are so easy to love, aren't they? Looks like he doesn't mind the occasional soak. You're lucky; my Russian hates the water!

 

[gamera154]

So cute! They are so easy to love, aren't they? Looks like he doesn't mind the occasional soak. You're lucky; my Russian hates the water!

he kinda likes it he's so nice to he's only bit me once but thats what you get when you put your finger in there face while eating he's so adorable to i love how he lets me pet him on his head like he's done it his whole life

 

[gamera154]

why dose he poop in his food bowl when i put fresh new weeds,rose petals,grass and lettuce first thing he dose is poop in it makeing me change it so why

 

[leigti]

why dose he poop in his food bowl when i put fresh new weeds,rose petals,grass and lettuce first thing he dose is poop in it makeing me change it so why

I don't know why they do that either. My tortoise usually waits till she's done eating. Then she leaves me a present :-( you can try putting the food on a flat rock.

 

[gamera154]

ok now he's biteing his rocks in the enclosure why?

 

[Oxalis]

He may be trying to file down his beak. Keep a cuttlefish bone or a cactus block in his enclosure. That will give him something to gnaw on while providing extra calcium whenever he needs it. Cuttlefish bones you can easily find in the bird section of pet stores.

 

[gamera154]

there is one in there with him but he really dosent use it

 

[gamera154]

today in the morning i awoke to a surprize my cat(the small one ) was in his enclosure
the reason why is simple its warm
he wasn't botherd as he was in the other bin but i was as she saw me ran out and made the substrate fly everywhere
but then she went to "bask" by an open window so she gets her heat and uv and he gets his heat back(his dally out side time make up for uv)

 

[Oxalis]

Hmm, I would be very careful with that. I think there have been other members on the forum whose tortoises have been injured by cats. Dogs, definitely.