Russian specific enclosure?

[KoopaDaTroopa]

Do Russian tortoise need any specific care compared to other tortoise?

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Have you checked out this housing thread? Should hopefully answer some of your questions

Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...

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This covers Inspo for indoors and out

Enclosure inspiration

Howdy folks! Hope everyone is well! As you all know, I’m a big fan of making threads that cater more towards visual learners like myself, I’ve really been wanting to create a thread full of adult enclosure inspiration for a while now, I’ve managed to find some great references over time! I do...

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This one is also really good to go over

Common keeping errors

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...

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[_The_Beast_]

Do Russian tortoise need any specific care compared to other tortoise?

Everything @Littleredfootbigredheart shared and: Russians generally love to dig and can benefit from deeper substrate that they can dig down into.

 

[Daffodil]

My little Russian didn't do well until I got him into a closed enclosure. I think LittleRedFootBRH posted links to ideas for such enclosures above.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

If you plan on making an enclosure outdoors, for a Russian tortoise you need to make sure it is escape proof. Basically Russian tortoises are usually very determined escape artists, and can both dig and climb to achieve their goal.