I'm glad he's doing so well! Its horrible to lose your animals...big or small, cold blooded or not, they are beloved pets.
That's so WEIRD about the rat. I guess it is just nature. In all my years of having reptiles, we have not had an incident...I had small lizards, boxies, and leo geckos with dogs and cats in the house. No one was ever hurt....
Rodents are odd. I'm sure that your rat was well fed, and there were probably better things laying around for him to put into his mouth, but yet, he chose your tortoise...so sad.
Even if your Russian ends up with a set of wheels, he will be able to be a normal tortoise to an extent...Keep us updated!
Good luck
That's so WEIRD about the rat. I guess it is just nature. In all my years of having reptiles, we have not had an incident...I had small lizards, boxies, and leo geckos with dogs and cats in the house. No one was ever hurt....
Rodents are odd. I'm sure that your rat was well fed, and there were probably better things laying around for him to put into his mouth, but yet, he chose your tortoise...so sad.
Even if your Russian ends up with a set of wheels, he will be able to be a normal tortoise to an extent...Keep us updated!
Good luck