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I'm looking to rehome three hatchling Russian tortoises. They are all active and eating well with daily water soaks. I'm located in the Bay Area, if you have any questions feel free to ask. I am not looking to ship the hatchlings.

Surprise babies

Beautiful heathy growth!

I found one rotting infertile egg, but nothing else. Still haven’t named him/her…. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the forum, if you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask.

Hopefully some more pop up, I still have yet to find any unhatched eggs or egg shells.

He/she is intrigued by food and will smell it and circle it. No biting yet.

Found this little booger roaming the Russian enclosure a couple days ago. The hatchling has shows interest in food, but seems unsure how to eat...

I believe it’s a Three Toed Box Turtle, I have no experience on the care of this species. A person with knowledge should respond soon. @Yvonne G

Too young to determine the gender.

Female Russian tortoises generally get bigger than males. In the wild where they’re from, they spend most of their time underground hibernating or hiding from the heat during the summers so they’re growth is slower. But I’m captivity they’re usually active all year long being given more...

Great work!

I’m not sure if this is helpful. I’ve been rescuing Russian Tortoises for about a year or two now, and I make sure the past families have my phone number for the purpose of sending update pictures. So far two families request pictures of them once in a while and I have no problem sending them...

Aldabra tortoise?

That’s one damn beautiful sulcata! Could you provide some plastron pics?

This is what I love seeing from my Craigslist rescue Russians, thick new growth. I haven’t seen this girl in a month or so and she popped up with some nice growth.

Trametes versicolor

I was randomly looking at pets Craigslist from other states when I came across this post. I believe this to be a gopher tortoises. Aren't any species under the Gopherus genus illegal to be sold? https://orlando.craigslist.org/pet/d/saint-cloud-tortoise/7158056027.html

Welcome to the forum.