New Russian Tortoise owner

Gizmo7702

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Hello everyone. We just purchased our first tortoise. We have a female named Shelly. We bought her as a gift four our 7 yr old turtle/tortoise loving daughter. This is her pet but as parents we want to make sure that we are very educated and help her be the best pet owner she can be.
 

dmmj

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salutations. I as well got my very first turtle at age 8, that was 30+ years ago.
 

Gizmo7702

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Thanks for the welcome! I haven't taken a ton of pics but will post a few that we have. Since getting her this evening we just put her in her enclosure and watched her a bit. It was neat to watch her soak herself, check out her hide hole and just check things out. Good to see her active!
 

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Carol S

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Welcome to the Forum. Shelly is a very nice looking tortoise. I love Russian Tortoises.
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Hello, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you, your family and Shelly.
Read, learn, contribute, ask questions and have fun. :)
 

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Hi, and welcome to the Forum!
 
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