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Aioki (my RT) just gave me quite a fright. I was studying for exams when I noticed his hide (a ZooMed Hubba Hut Extra Large) was moving, and I knew he was inside. I figured he was just bumping the sides while digging, because he often does that, but when I peaked into the hide I realised he...

I minor in Japanese and unexpectedly was picked for my school's 2018 study abroad programme in Tokyo. I'm obviously super excited about this because I've wanted to go to Japan since I was 8, and I'll be living in Japan for 3 and a half months. I wasn't expecting to get selected for this...

Aioki had some time outside before the kids came out for the Easter egg hunt. He kept going to the eggs and playing with them

Hi! I was born in northwest Indiana! I still live quite close as I've only moved across state lines in the hegewisch neighbourhood and still work in NWI, so I get the climate thing. Its always so unpredictable. I'm still pretty new to this thing, as I've only adopted my russian Aioki 2 weeks...

I took Aioki outside and was filming him roam around. When I was going back to edit the footage, I noticed his shell looked a bit lumpy. I wasn't sure if this was normal or the start of pyramiding. I've been doing everything I can to make sure he's in the best condition (and I've only had him...

Yeah, that's him against the fence. I wanted to give him a lot of space outside because he only has a 40 gallon terrarium for inside (working on the table after his outdoor enclosure ^.^). If I remember correctly, the fence that's there is 12ft long, and I was probably going to bring it out...

He's a 6" Russian

It was finally warm today! I took Aioki out to explore my old garden area and he had a great time! Since it's supposed to be pretty warm on my days off this week, I wanna start getting his outdoor enclosure together. I took wood shop in the 7th grade and was pretty good at it. I only ever made...

I got him a cuttlefish bone today as I've read that'll help. Thanks, he's so social too! I let him have his space to get used to his new home, but he kept staring at me like "Um are you going to pay attention to me??" I think he got used to seeing me as I visited him everyday for a week before...

No, no one commented on him (except my friends to tell me he was cute). I was thinking it looked a little on the long side, google hasn't been helpful as all the pictures of an overgrown beak are EXTREME. I've attached a picture of him from a side view. As this is my first tortoise and my last...

He's a Russian. I garden, so I'll be growing him some better foods if the weather could finally decide to get above 50. I've got him some dandelion greens, should I give him more of that?

I've had Aioki for a couple days now so we're still getting into our schedules. I usually put a little under a handful of the mix on a terra cotta saucer every morning around 9 am as this is usually right before I head off to work and is easy to get into a habit of changing his food and water...

I'm happy to say I finally got to bring Aioki home. His name (愛起き) Is Japanese for Love Happens, my Japanese professor helped me pick the kanji for his name. Since he is a Russian tortoise, his middle and last name is Vitenka Nikiforov from my favourite Russian anime character, Viktor Nikiforov

My Russian Tortoise, Aioki (his name means Love Happens)

It was definitely a heart attack for me. Since I've had him, he's slept like that and on top of his food, which is the funniest sight