Hi all!
It's been a while since I posted on here, but honestly that's a good thing because I usually turn here only when I am in dire need of help. My Russian tortoise, Stephano, has been doing super well and is loving life. We actually took him to the vet this afternoon for a yearly checkup...
Update - We took him to the vet!
Vet said Stephano has gained more than a pound since we last visited (which I believe was two-ish years ago), and the crack on his beak was just a flake that he had to remove. The rest of his beak apparently is just a bit abnormally shaped due to the fact that he...
Thank you for the reply. I'm going to go to a vet ASAP to do this for me. I never realized this was an issue; I always thought that the cuttlebones that I gave him would be enough to keep his beak length maintained. Now that I know, however, I will definitely stay on top of this.
Is that one part going to fall off? Do you think he is in pain right now?
I'm looking into beak trimming right now. It seems like it's going to be stressful for him, but if that's what it takes I'll see what I can do (or find a vet that can possibly do it for me).
Hey all,
I woke up this morning to see that my tortoise's beak appears cracked on one side. I was wondering if there was anything I should do about it because this has never occurred before.
He doesn't seem like he's in any pain...but after examining him for a bit I noticed how dry he's been...
I need some serious help right now. I'm very worried about my Russian tortoise's health.
He is 9 years old.
He lives in about a 50 or 75 gallon glass cage.
He gets a lukewarm bath, about 20 minutes long, every Sunday and Wednesday.
I feed him kale, dandelion greens, squash or carrots...
Why hello there!
My name's Lauren, and I am a happy owner of a Russian tort. I've been striving to make sure my baby has the happiest and healthiest lifestyle possible, and to do so, I need to do my research!
I've been working my way towards buying him a tortoise table, and I'm trying to...
My previous post explains a little bit more about what's going on...
Anyways, I talked to one of the owners of the petstore yesterday (where I bought him). They said my tort was probably not receiving enough UV light...that the light I bought him was too weak...I'd been using that bulb for...
Okay, okay. Maybe I'm just over-reacting. But I swear his shell feels different! Thank you for replying, though. :)
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It's ok! And thank you so much :P
Hey, I'm trying to get some pictures of him but he's being really squirmish and honestly, the indents are very difficult to see. They feel almost as if someone pressed down on his shell for too long and created a finger-indent.
Anyways, on the (second) picture, a zoomed in picture of his...
Long time no see! :cool:
I'm a bit stumped right now regarding my tortoise's shell. He's a nine-year-old Russian (very small for his size, about five inches width and length). He seemed quite skinny when I got him; perhaps it was because he was sharing a cage with a Redfoot and they didn't...
He's a Russian tortoise, about 6-8 inches and I think his inclosure is a 50 gallon tank. I have two heat lamps for him, one being a real heat lamp and the other kind of like a really dim light. Should I just keep the heat lamp on or something?
I don't know if it's just my tortoise but he is a TROUBLE MAKER! Whenever he's bored he starts climbing all over his cage and literally is vertical until I scoop him out and let him walk around. When I put him on the ground he scurries off to a corner and sleeps. WTF!
And also, sometimes I...
Hey y'all :D it seems as if I'm posting more topics than I reply to nowadays :P !
Anyways, I have quite a long story to tell and it's partly a rant and partly a question. So bare with me, will you?
I've been busy with school for the past couple of days, so busy that in fact my tortoise has...