Hi, I live in Oklahoma and adopted 2 Russian tortoises from 2 different owners within the past week. I originally planned to adopt/rescue one Russian and responded to classified ads on several websites. A few days ago, I finally got a response and brought the first Russian home. She currently has a very nice (and very secure) 12x4 outdoor habitat with burrows, safe plants, and plenty of things to climb. At night or when I’m not home I bring her into a smaller 2x4 enclosure for the time being since she wears her out exercising in her outdoor enclosure. I plan to build something bigger before the weather gets cold and she starts spending more time indoors.
I got the first Russian established and yesterday I got a text from one of the other classifieds I had messaged. She sent me pics of her Russian male (rehoming for free). He looked very sad and he was in an enclosure less than 1 square foot. I felt bad for the poor little guy so now I have 2 Russians. This weekend I will build him his own outdoor enclosure.
I dont plan to home these tortoises together and I don’t ever want to breed them. I’m just happy that they will both have space to roam around! Female tortoise (lighter colored) is eating well and ate a lot of turtle bone. Male tortoise (darker colored) ate some grass and herbs last night.
The first picture is of the girl training to be a ninja. The second picture is the boy right after I picked him up. The owner gave me him in this container and he didn’t even try to climb out. I gave him a soak and he got a lot more active. The third pic is the females outdoor enclosure.
I got the first Russian established and yesterday I got a text from one of the other classifieds I had messaged. She sent me pics of her Russian male (rehoming for free). He looked very sad and he was in an enclosure less than 1 square foot. I felt bad for the poor little guy so now I have 2 Russians. This weekend I will build him his own outdoor enclosure.
I dont plan to home these tortoises together and I don’t ever want to breed them. I’m just happy that they will both have space to roam around! Female tortoise (lighter colored) is eating well and ate a lot of turtle bone. Male tortoise (darker colored) ate some grass and herbs last night.
The first picture is of the girl training to be a ninja. The second picture is the boy right after I picked him up. The owner gave me him in this container and he didn’t even try to climb out. I gave him a soak and he got a lot more active. The third pic is the females outdoor enclosure.