Recent content by Rogue097

I got my Russian from Tortoise Supply. They were helpful and my adult came healthy with no issues. I’ve had him almost a year now :)

I just love this so much, I figured I'd share. Happy holidays from my child, Tank <3

I just found this thread, this is so awesome. In college I worked at our zoo for a short time in the Avian dept. It gave me a whole new level of respect and intrigue for birds as well as conservation efforts. Thanks for sharing on here!

Today I fed my Russian a mix of escarole, radicchio, and collard greens. Mixed with some mashed pellets and a sprinkling of herbal hay, both from Tortoise Supply. Although what he actually ate was the escarole, because he keeps picking through everything else...?‍♀️

Hi! If you want live plants (I have some in cypress mulch) you can just sink a little starter pot mostly into the mulch. That way he can’t trample it plus you can still have them growing in soil. Also check out the tortoisetable website/app for food and what plants he can have in the enclosure...

Just out of curiosity, does he actually play with that little ball you have in there? I’ve been wondering if something like that would give my Russian some kind of enrichment, but I don’t think he’d think anything of it

Hi! I’ve read from tortoise table and somewhere else that many herbs are safe but tortoises will not likely eat them because of the strong smell. I have rosemary and thyme plants in my enclosure. He will crawl under them and smell them sometimes but I’ve only seen him nibble at one once and he...

I built a table for my Russian that is now the biggest piece of furniture I have haha. When I'm older and settled with space and money to do everything right, I would love more tortoises. I feel like once I have that capability I'm gonna want every kind of tortoise I can get ?

Hi - about the baths. I read from someone else on here that it can help to give them a soak right around when they're waking up. When I do that mine will sit in there content and take some drinks for a good 20-30 minutes before he gets antsy. If I just pick him up while he's doing something...

I'm obviously late to the party here but I love tattoos so here are two of mine :)

This thread has just made me so happy. He is adorable. I would love to have a sulcata someday if I can ever provide the appropriate space for one :<3:

Okay great! That makes me feel better. Thank you again!

Someday I would love to have a whole room like this ?

Hmm I guess I just automatically assumed enclosed was more for humidity's sake, but what you're saying makes sense. His humidity holds steady at 60%, a bit higher overnight. So I didn't worry too much about that. Room temp for me is 75. The lowest I've seen his cool end get overnight is 69. I've...

Hi there, I recently built my Russian a table after learning that my last enclosure just wasn’t going to cut it. He previously had the single MVB bulb you see in the pic and that seemed sufficient for the much smaller enclosure and just happened to create a decent temp gradient, but from what...