New to all this

[Joan hollings]

I have rescued a tortoise, please could anyone tell me what kind it is, and approx age, many thanks

 

[method89]

Looks like a Russian. I can't tell the age. How big is he?

 

[Joan hollings]

Looks like a Russian. I can't tell the age. How big is he?

I appreciate your reply, he is about 5 and a half to 6 inches
regrds

 

[Joan hollings]

i have bought him an 8 ft outside pen for daytime and he shocked me today by climbing up the wire netting, I was Mortified thinking if he fell he would kill himself, will have to sort that ASAP,

 

[method89]

most definitely a Russian then. they are known escape artists. If you post pictures of the pen, people can make suggestions on how to make it work best for him

 

[Joan hollings]

i have bought him an 8 ft outside pen for daytime and he shocked me today by climbing up the wire netting, I was Mortified thinking if he fell he would kill himself, will have to sort that ASAP,

 

[Joan hollings]

I don’t know his background at all I rescued him, so all this is new to me but I want to do my best for him

 

[method89]

It looks like he will be in good hands that pen is a great start but i see a few things that could be changed

a wood board around the bottom that is taller than he can reach up should help/stop him from climbing up

if you plan on leaving the pen in that spot, you might want to consider putting some substrate in there, ie: cypress mulch or orchid bark

 

[Joan hollings]

Thank you I’m very grateful

 

[Joan hollings]

I bring him indoors each night and he has an indoor pen with a house where he sleeps and that has mulch in for him , he is very settled in that

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

Russian Tortoise, he/she seems fairly Young.

 

[Joan hollings]

Russian Tortoise, he/she seems fairly Young.

Thank you any information will help me give him the life he deserves

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

Thank you any information will help me give him the life he deserves

Feed weeds. Mostly

 

[Joan hollings]

Thank you , he likes dark leaf salad leaves,cucumber and dandelions, I’ve weighed him and he is 438 grams, he seems active but as I am new to this it is trial and error....I try and introduce new food as per guidelines but he doesn’t seem interested, I appreciate all these useful replies

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

Thank you , he likes dark leaf salad leaves,cucumber and dandelions, I’ve weighed him and he is 438 grams, he seems active but as I am new to this it is trial and error....I try and introduce new food as per guidelines but he doesn’t seem interested, I appreciate all these useful replies

Feed mainly weeds.