I am looking to permanently move my adult Russian tortoise to a new outdoor enclosure in Brooklyn, New York, where the average coldest winter temperatures are 25º Fahrenheit in February, with snow. As I prepare to construct his new outdoor enclosure, is there any feature or method I should keep...
I have a baby Russian on the way, but my lighting situation is terrible! I'm using a Zoomed powersun 100W bulb, but the temperature of my earth substrate is not reaching 90-100. The bottom most part of the fixture is 10" above the substrate, and the bulb in the fixture is about 15" away from the...
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I'm setting up an indoor enclosure for my Russian, but am unsure how deep to make the substrate. I understand that they need to burrow, but don't know if increasing the substrate height, and consequently decreasing the distance of the basking and heating bulbs from the substrate surface, is...
I'm trying to set up a cage for a baby Russian tortoise but don't know which CHE to use for the humid hide. I don't know whether to use a 5.5" or an 8.5" dome, a 60w or 100w bulb. The enclosure is a 54 gallon Rubbermaid, about 4' by 2.5'.
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I will soon receive my first tortoise, a Russian hatchling. I'm very excited and would appreciate any advice you can offer. I also have a few general questions:
1. Cage- It must be indoors. I'd like to go to Home Depot and build a "tortoise table." Anything important I should know in advance...
I'm looking to buy a young Russian tortoise, and would like to know how much the total cost (including shipping to 07740) would be for only a hatchling, or only a CB three year old. Thanks