I have 3, 9 month old Russians and 2 of the 3 have strange marks on their plastron. The areas are not soft and do not smell. The hatchlings seem healthy, eating, drinking, daily 20 min. soaks. Substrate is Coco coir, enclosure was hot, warm and cool areas. The marks are somewhat symetrical...
We have 3, 1 week old, hatchlings. They are in the incubator presently and I need some advice on a next step enclosure. We plan on using a Chrismas tree storage box, 20x50x13, hinged the top for easy access and maintain humidity, pics to follow. We have a Zoomed Powersun UV and the Deluxe...
We had 2 clutches, first had 4 eggs, not fertilized. 63 days ago clutch of 3, home made cooler incubator and poof 3 healthy babies. Not sure if it is too soon to sex them, but Natasha, Boris and Vladimir are doing great.
First time on, I have male and female Russians and we live in S.W. Florida so they live outdoors year round. I have noticed the Male have sex with the female on occasion but not too violent, he doesnt pester her too much. I found a few test nests and did some digging and found nothing. About 4...