Please meet 'Chives'!

[Cuttysark]

Hi Everyone, I'm new here and lost already! I'm hoping that someone will be able to identify Chives, our newly acquired tortoise. I was told that he is a Mediterranean? Many thanks!

 

[TortsNTurtles]

Welcome! You have a beautiful Russian tortoise. Here is the Russian section http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/russian-tortoises.81/

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[G-stars]

Hello and welcome.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome. Read up here about correct care. I like the name.

 

[cmacusa3]

Welcome!

 

[Heather H]

Hi and welcome. I like the name too.

 

[HotdogKnight]

Welcome! Russians are awesome!

 

[Jacqui]

A nice little Russian you have there. Did you just get him? He looks like perhaps a few soaks are in his near future. Are you by any chance feeding him on something hard like an unglazed terra cotta saucer, rock, or slate? Some nice fibrous weeds?

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello and welcome to the TFO from AZ, USA . Russians Rule !

 

[Cuttysark]

Thank you for the welcome every one, and also for the identification! Jacqui, I have been soaking him and he eats lots of greens from a plastic dish. May I ask why you mention these things as I have a lot to learn and want Chives to be happy!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

Thank you for the welcome every one, and also for the identification! Jacqui, I have been soaking him and he eats lots of greens from a plastic dish. May I ask why you mention these things as I have a lot to learn and want Chives to be happy!

replace the plastic dish with a flat rock so his break can naturally wear down.

 

[Cuttysark]

replace the plastic dish with a flat rock so his break can naturally wear down.

Sorry..'break'?

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

Sorry..'break'?

beak lol sorry

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

replace the plastic dish with a flat rock so his break can naturally wear down.

beak not break sorry

 

[Cuttysark]

beak lol sorry

Thanks...I thought you might mean that!

 

[Cuttysark]

I've replaced Chives plastic dish with a piece of slate, can anyone tell me which garden herbs (if any) are suitable food stuffs, as I'm a keen gardener and have lots - mint, oregano, sage, chives, parsley, salad burnett, rosemary, sweet cicely, basil and bay.

 

[smarch]

Hello and welcome, adorable Russian tort. As for the herbs, I think I replied to a separate thread you made already: I know there are safe ones, i'll wait for an expert to pop in on that, but most tortoises wont touch them due to the strong flavor

 

[johnsonnboswell]

You can grow them in his habitat but he won't eat them. You'll have to start growing weeds for him, particularly dandelion and plantain. He'd love violets, both flowers and leaves, cranesbill/geranium, rose of Sharon and roses, hollyhocks, mallows & grape leaves. No chemicals, fertilize with compost.