my 2 female russions do this but my male doesnt,i dont know if its good or harmful for them but they do seem to pass the little stones ok,i do try to stop them though ,cant be doing them good,yet in the wild noone can stop them and they seem to survive....
i have tried 2 males and it just doesnt work i had to rehome one of them now i have one male 2 girls and there is peace and harmony in the home again,as the fighting becomes really savage.my torts also roam the house and hide with my siamese cats but only till they have had enuff then they go to...
hi i have 3 russians as well and while i give them loads of leafy greens i also feed them dried food soaked in water,and they absolutely go crazy for it,but they do still like their leafy greens.i find the dried food has all the calcium and vitamins in there so i relax knowing they are getting...
i reside in the uk so are things different here for trying to breed the russian,my tortoises spend every night indoors and outdoors in the day when the weather is fine,they do not like a viv so having trouble keeping them in there,i have a table for them with the heat mat, in my warm sunny...
hya,i have 4 horsefield tortoises,and i know that i have had to come to this site for answers,but i have to say dont panic,they do dig and hide a lot,but he will soon come around,mine eat romaine lettuce and garden weeds,i also use dry foods from petshop which has all the vitamins in,and...
thanx for all your advice,think i have it sorted now,just cannot rehome him i have fallen in love with him so gonna keep them all and sort their housing out to make them all happy,have a large garden!!!
i have now got 2 females with my male,and they are all plus -minus 6 inches,but i have a lonely little boy now,what do i do?,shud i try to do a swop for another girl cos i dont want him to get hurt ....
why is the breeding process so aggressive,i have never seen this before as i have always only had one tortoise i now have four russians and while my male wants to mate he always wants to bite and bang shells,i have been seperating them should i leave them to it?? ...
hya i am in a bit of bother with my tortoises i have 2 male and 2 female horsefields,i put my male with the new female i got on the weekend they were great all night ,then in the morning they were butting shells,if they bite each other can they do damage,now the other male and female get along...
thank you hlogic,as i said i dont know if what i do is right and if its not i am open to critisism as we are all learners,but i dont want to learn the hard way.my reasons for the way things are is because i dont want a pet that i can only sit and admire from afar,tortoises are very intelligent...
i have 2 horsefield russian tortoises and i have never kept them in a glass viv,they live and wander in my home but are outside on nice days in their pen,they have a lamp that they do use at their leisure,a tank is for fish or lizards not tortoises they roam free in the wild and i believe they...