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I saw my tortoise snacking on this and wanted to know if it was edible and safe

I think it’s time to start building my outdoor enclosure for my Russian tortoise! After months of planning and trying to learn how to use sketchup free, I’m ready to buy the materials and start building! I have limited options for finding where to put the enclosure however. I’ll try to think of...

I had my Russian tortoise for a while and he is wild caught. Because of this his shell is a bit crusty and doesn’t feel smooth like captive breed tortoises. I would love if my tortoises shell would be smoother and I was wondering whether continuing to give him baths will make his shell smoother...

I keep on finding poop in my tortoises enclosure and I'm sick of having to dig in the reptibark and get splinters every time just to find every poop and pee. So I'm thinking of putting in Isopods and springtails into the enclosure (I'm still going to clean out poop on the surface). That'll mean...

My Russian Tortoise has been acting strange today. I was preparing endive + Romaine + dandelion weeds + watercress + Mazuri pellet + Repcal (I only give him mazuri every two weeks). As usual he is still sleeping since he only wakes up around 9 or 10 so I just left him be. After a few hours I...

Hi again, I have been sketching and thinking a lot more about my Russian Tortoises Outdoor enclosure. I've decided to make a 10x4 instead of a 8x4. I learned a lot of things, but I still have some questions. 1: What does primer and Behr paint do to wood? 2: If I do use primer and Behr paint on...

I've always thought that an outdoor enclosure was an amazing idea for my Russian tortoise and right now seems like a good idea to plan it and build it during the spring. I'm thinking of a 8 x 4 outdoor enclosure, with a substrate consisting of coco peat and orchid bark, weeds and plants for my...

While I was giving an injection to my tortoise and when I was taking it out of his arm, my tortoise tucked his arm in and this caught be by surprise which made me release his arm by accident which took the injection with him. I quickly took the injection out and sighed with relief. However after...

I have a 5 and a half inch Russian tortoise with a big appetite. One problem was I used to buy him some grocery greens, changing the types of 3 greens I buy him every time and picked some wild weeds from yards (There was no weed killers). However, since the weather is cold I've been having...

I've recently been trying to make a new enclosure for my tortoise, and that meant a bigger uvb strip bulb. But when I went to go buy one of the big uvb reptisun strips, they were darn expensive. However, I still needed a big uvb strip. So I went online and did some research and found a cheaper...

Hello, My russian tortoise seems to have trouble breathing. I've sent out many worried posts if my tortoise had a Respiratory infection and this time I'm 100% sure he does. You see, I woke up today just to turn on the lights of the enclosure when I saw him in the corner in mid-digging, under his...

I couldn’t find my old post so I’m just going to post it again. Is this edible for my tortoise? I find it all over my lawn and I would be very grateful if it is edible and due to my research on tortoise table I think this is bittercress

I think my Russian tort has puffy eyes because every time he closes his eyes to sleep I can see the bulge of the eye and it has some faint white color on it. Should I use eyedrops and if I should which one should I use

Tried to find some weeds since Tom told me to give me Russian some weeds for a healthier diet and I used the tortoise table to find the right weeds for my tortoise, for me I think it’s a edible type of weed but can yall double check for me. I think the first on is dandelion leaves and the second...

I might be repeating myself too much and I might be too over-protective but I think something is wrong with my Russian tortoise. My tortoise seems to be smacking his lips but not like open his mouth wide, just opening his mouth like he is smacking his lips. Im worrying that this is a early sign...

My Russian tortoise sometimes poops giant poop when I give him a bath, but when I put him in the enclosure he poops in small multiple poops (Not all at once) , Is this normal?

I might be a bit overprotective but is my tortoise breathing properly? Btw I ordered a different heat lamp if u notice that the light was red. He seemed to be moving his legs back and forth and sometimes his jaw goes up and down but sometimes heavily and he sometimes stretches his neck, dunno if...

Recently I've been told in the forum that I was using the wrong lighting. So what kind of heat lighting, uvb lighting, and cermaic heat emmitter should I use for my Russian tortoise?

I just added a new substrate for my boy. I added eco earth but the substrate keeps sticking onto him and when he walks over his food plate the eco earth gets smeared all over the food. dunno if it affected his diet but I'm worried that the eco earth will create an impaction when he eats his...

My Russian tortoise has been opening his mouth and stretching his neck every day (As far as I can tell). I'm confused whether or not it's just a yawn or he has a respiratory infection. :( Some things he has been doing is that he stretches his neck a lot more and seems to stay on the cool side...