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Hey all, My Russian tortoise has recently (about a week ago) developed a small bump on the right side of his tail. He has a vet appointment for tomorrow, but I was hoping someone here had seen something similar and could give me a heads up as to what we might be looking at. His appetite and...

Hey all, Last night I posted in the general tortoise discussion, but I just discovered this specific Russian section and figured I may have better luck here :) Yesterday I noticed some discoloration on one side of Norm's shell. It's a pale cream-ish color. I've never really noticed it before...

Hey all, Just now I noticed some discoloration on one side of Norm's shell. It's a pale cream-ish color. I've never really noticed it before and I can't seem to find anything online about it....but it has me kind of worries. Has anyone encountered this before?

Okay, I rescued my Russian Tortoise from a reptile rescue a year ago as of December and he's been very healthy. Yesterday I noticed he was making an odd noise, and when I looked into his home I saw that his body was convulsing as though he was trying to vomit. As soon as he noticed me he...

So the past week, everytime I give my tortoise a bath I've noticed his urine is colored, whereas it usually is like egg whites. The first couple times I wondered if it was because he has recently eaten a carrot, but now I'm really starting to worry.

Hey there all, I'm new to this forum and new to Russian tortoise ownership :) I just had a quick question about how much to feed my tort each day. I've seen people that say a mound of food roughly the size of the tortoise once a day, twice a day, every other day.....I've also seen people say put...