My Love for tortoises rubbed off on my oldest brother and he has recently acquired a Russian tortoise. He saved him/her from Petsmart!! Now I'm trying to convince him to join this forum! Here is his new tort.
I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches. Is it too early to tell if she is a girl or boy? I think I've read that the tort has to be atleast 5 or 6 inches to be sexed!
Because I rarely see females torts in pet stores. And plus this tort is for my daughter as birthday gift and she wanted a girl tortoise (she wouldn't really know the difference). It's just what we wanted! Plus we saved a tort from petsmart!
The female I have is slightly larger. I previously had her in with my male but he kept biting her so I setup another enclosure for her. I don't think she would attack this little female but I don't really no. She was never the aggressor with my male. If I do get her I do plan on putting a lot of...
I went to my local petsmart to get a few items for my Female Russian torts enclosure and saw they have Russians on sale. This cute little female tort (I believe) caught my eyes! She looks healthy and she is quite small. I want to get her badly but not sure if I should. I hate that they can't...
I'm wondering which light is better. I've had a reptisun 10.0 and it's about time to replace it. They are currently on sale at petco so I was wondering which Is better for russian torts?
I need to separate my male and female tortoises. The male is beginning I attack the female. I need some advice on what to put him in. I have them both in a glass aquarium now. My hubby I building a tort table, but what should i put him in until then. I'm scared for my female. I was thinking of...