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I'm always looking to expand my tortoises diet and give him a variety of food. I recently came across this on eBay. Wonder if anyone has ever had an experience with it or something similar to it. Thanks in advance for your opinions and advice http://www.ebay.com/itm/172257085645

I was able to rescue this guy from the lawn mower in my community. I'm planning on putting him across the street in the wooded area of our park. I noticed that his head seems to be larger than most turtles in my area. He also seems to have a large white mass coming out of one side of his head...

I've been using water to hydrate my Mazuri food for my tortoise. I've recently read some people use fruit juice. Anyone have experience with this and if so, what juice do you recommend? Eddie

I'm always looking to mix up my tortoises diet. And I recently came across these Marion zoological red food sticks for the first time. Was wondering if anyone had experience with him and would recommend them? Eddie

My cousin currently has two red ear sliders in a 100 gallon tank. She has had them since they were about the size of a silver dollar and they are both now over 6 inches. Her husband doesn't want her to keep them anymore and she's offered to give them to me. He says the water is too dirty and...

I've been thinking of adding roly polys/ pillbugs to my Russian tortoise table. It's a wooden tort table. Do you think they would climb out or stay in? Anyone have any experience with these? Eddie

I have a large indoor enclosure with one russian in it. I feel bad that he is all alone but I know they harass females and fight with other males. He's a great tort that will eat from my hand and even seems to poop in the same place. (probably by coincidence but makes for easy spot cleanings) Is...

Just found Putter,one of Russians dead. He was fine yesterday when I took him out and walked around the yard. When I found him today in his tortoise table he had weird white pastey stuff coming out of his rectum. Any idea what that was?? *Original post was misleading, changed it

My two buddies snugggle up for a nights sleep

I temporarily housed my 2 Russians in an aquarium while I built a tortoise table. One was active and the other was kinda chill. Now that I've put them in their new table they've switched roles. Could the new environment be affecting them that much?

This is my first attempt at a tortoise table. It's 2'x4' and lined with a shower liner. There is a 18" UVB light mounted just out of camera view above the enclosure. I have a ceramic bulb for basking on the right, as well as a night light there. I have two terracotta bowls in there. One is a...

I bought my russians some cacti, which they loved. My question is if I refrigerate it them how long should they last?

I'm currently building my enclosure for my 2 Russians and I wanted to know if anyone has had success with ramps. I've seen a bunch of pics and vids with enclosures with ramps in them but do they really need or use them? I know it looks nice but is it worth the extra build? Anyone out there...

I was feeding my Russians today and realized he could have snapped at my finger. Has anyone been bit by their tort and did it hurt?

I have to Russians in the same pen. I "liberated" from a local pet store together and the seem to get along. I can definitely tell there is a alpha male but I've never seen any sign of biting or aggression. He does every once and a while get close and seem to shake his head up and down...

Here is the listing for Jack. I wish I could take him but I just don't have the room. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/for/3398916980.html

I know a key to a good diet is rotation and variety. Curious if any other Russian owners care to share their diets and daily feeding schedules. Perhaps a day by day break down of what you give them and including when and what treats you give them. I'm currently giving mine ZooMed Grassland...

Hey all. I recently liberated 2 Russians from a pet store which I named Putter and Driver. I got both because you know, you can't break up the pair. I currently have them in a an old aquarium while I design and build a tortoise table. They are getting ZooMed grassland tortoise food. They also...

After some reading I bought a UVB light for my enclosure, it is one if those swirl type lights. I just learned that these can be bad for tortoise eyes. My torts are around 4-5 inches. Are these lights truly bad or is that just for babies?

I recently liberated two Russians from the local pet store. I currently have them in an old aquarium while I design and build a table. Wondering what are some necessities and really good extras I could include in it. I'm thinking of putting one covered hiding spot on each side of the table, a...