Show us your Russian tortoises

[Tortoise_Wrangler]

Four are missing from this photo, three of my Juvies and a hatchling. I've since broken this colony into two groups, my breeders and my Juvies. This was their last meal together as a herd, so I figured why not have a bellpepper party.

 

[Toast]

This is Toast. He is really fun to watch

 

[Oskar Marinez]

his name is Sid and he has very small eyes for a Russian tort

 

[Eileen Turpin]

This is Monster Truck I rescued him from a parking lot. He's a handful.

 

[Oxalis]

This is Monster Truck I rescued him from a parking lot. He's a handful.View attachment 182147

A parking lot?! Poor little dude. Nice name!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

 

[GingerLove]

Wow! You have such a nice area for your tortoises, and that little one is SO cute!!!! Great job spoiling your torts!

 

[Eileen Turpin]

What a brood, except you wife ;-). The little one is adorable, I have two torts and two dogs myself.

 

[Eileen Turpin]

All the torts on this thread are wonderful. Thank you all for sharing.

 

[EgorNEmmett]

Here are my babies Egor and Emmett

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

This is Monster Truck I rescued him from a parking lot. He's a handful.View attachment 182147

He's very handsome !

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

I have come to the conclusion I have a shy tort on my hands. temps and humidity are great (I have been monitoring them like a hawk) and he doesn't want to come out of his hide. he'll only eat small amounts and then hide. and he will eat when outside. any ideas on how to get a shy Russian to "come out of its shell" lol

Gordon's smooth domed shell is beautiful!
Tortoises will stop being so shy after a couple weeks or even months after they've arrived to their new home. Im not sure how long you've had him. But FOOD always gets tortoises coming . Be patient though. Also, maybe adding more plants for them to hide under will encourage them to come out. They'll probably come out & hide behind a plant but baby steps

 

[KaitlinKeefe_]

thank you! I actually just put more plants in, and sure enough he's hiding under there. I've had him for almost two weeks

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Wow! You have such a nice area for your tortoises, and that little one is SO cute!!!! Great job spoiling your torts!

I no longer have those thar Russian tortoises, they were adopted out while I was in medical recovery a year ago. They did, though, have a wonderful outside pen, and I'm very happy that Jodie took them in to be part of her tortoise brood. They are happy and she and hers are happy with them.
She has, at this stage, adopted them with my full and complete blessing.
On another side note, the two precious baby russian photos are not mine, either. Those were scalped photos I cannibalized from this very forum some two,(2) years ago.
Peace,
Cowboy Ken

 

[GingerLove]

I no longer have those thar Russian tortoises, they were adopted out while I was in medical recovery a year ago. They did, though, have a wonderful outside pen, and I'm very happy that Jodie took them in to be part of her tortoise brood. They are happy and she and hers are happy with them.
She has, at this stage, adopted them with my full and complete blessing.
On another side note, the two precious baby russian photos are not mine, either. Those were scalped photos I cannibalized from this very forum some two,(2) years ago.
Peace,
Cowboy Ken

I'm glad that you seem to be recovered , and I'm sure that you gave them to the best owner. Looks like you took good care of them when you had them, though. I think I might scalp and cannibalize those photos as well.

 

[Oxalis]

Here are my babies Egor and Emmett View attachment 182307 View attachment 182308

Oh my god, they're adorable!!!

 

[EgorNEmmett]

Oh my god, they're adorable!!!

Thank you! You have such a lovely garden

 

[Eileen Turpin]

Edgar and Emmett are just adorable

 

[Eileen Turpin]

Egor sorry, may I ask what they are eatting?

 

[Oxalis]

Thank you! You have such a lovely garden

Thanks! It took a lot of work and planning but it's well worth it!