Hello! My name is Rae and I live in Colorado. Me and my boyfriend recently took in a Russian Tortoise we named Speedy Tortellini (we call him Torti) because he needed a home.
My bf has always wanted a tortoise so we have done a good amount of research, but we weren’t 100% prepared for Torti. His first owner sadly passed, and while we didn’t know her, a mutual friend did so he asked us to take him in since no one else could. We don’t even know his original name so we gave him one ourselves. We have had him for about three weeks now. We have ofc done so SO much research since getting Torti and I found this forum which has been so great. I have read all the other introductions and all the comments and links under them. And I’ve read so many other posts and threads on this forum about everything.
We still have him in his original enclosure, but we do not know how long he’s been in this one. After research we know he needs a bigger one. And we want to make it way better for him. We will be getting all of that soon.
I will post some pics of his current enclosure and Mr. Torti himself for some advice about what to get
Sorry they aren’t great pics.
But since we didn’t know his original owner we do not know anything about how old he is exactly, or how his life was like before.
We also worry about him getting too cold her in Colorado since our house heater goes up and down. We did just buy him a new ceramic heat emitter from recommendations i’ve read on here which will come in a few days.
I also know his water bowl isn’t right and he needs a lower one, which we also ordered. But please give any advice you have! I’ve read a lot, and so has my boyfriend, but we could always use more
So happy i found this forum!
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My bf has always wanted a tortoise so we have done a good amount of research, but we weren’t 100% prepared for Torti. His first owner sadly passed, and while we didn’t know her, a mutual friend did so he asked us to take him in since no one else could. We don’t even know his original name so we gave him one ourselves. We have had him for about three weeks now. We have ofc done so SO much research since getting Torti and I found this forum which has been so great. I have read all the other introductions and all the comments and links under them. And I’ve read so many other posts and threads on this forum about everything.
We still have him in his original enclosure, but we do not know how long he’s been in this one. After research we know he needs a bigger one. And we want to make it way better for him. We will be getting all of that soon.
I will post some pics of his current enclosure and Mr. Torti himself for some advice about what to get
But since we didn’t know his original owner we do not know anything about how old he is exactly, or how his life was like before.
We also worry about him getting too cold her in Colorado since our house heater goes up and down. We did just buy him a new ceramic heat emitter from recommendations i’ve read on here which will come in a few days.
I also know his water bowl isn’t right and he needs a lower one, which we also ordered. But please give any advice you have! I’ve read a lot, and so has my boyfriend, but we could always use more
So happy i found this forum!
![IMG_3038.jpeg IMG_3038.jpeg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/349/349410-f260f19c49252432bf04130615aa4665.jpg)
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