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    Advice for best set up please

    Hi WillTort! Thank you for the advice! His indoor area is 1/2 in the window and 1/2 not....and it is an East facing window.We live in the woods so our house is pretty dark so we were trying to put him somewhere....anywhere where there was some light coming in at all. The sun goes into the box...
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    Advice for best set up please

    Hi Tom, Thank you!! We live in VT so he can go outside on warm days, or in the warmest part of the day this time of year. We are coming into the Fall, so I wait until it is warm outside and then he spends as many hours as possible out there.We are working on a portable outdoor inclosure, but...
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    Advice for best set up please

    Hi, We would like to set up our indoor tortoise table for our 5.5 inch Russian Tortoise. We have all of the ingredients and are prepared I think! We want to know the best way to put it all together. Here is a picture of the basic 2'x5'x 12"high box lined with vinyl flooring that my husband...
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    Can We Line A Tortoise Table with Vinyl Flooring?

    Hi! We recently adopted a Russian Tortoise who's person could no longer care for it. We have been reading online since he came to us and today we are building him a tortoise table because we just cannot find anything pre made that will fit well into the area that is best for him. We happen to...
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    Accidental Tortoise

    Yvonne G Thank you for the reassurance! Other than those spots he looks and acts like a healthy little guy. There is just so much to learn!
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    Accidental Tortoise

    Thank you! Here is a picture ( that is not too great but the best I have currently) of these two little irregular spots that are sort of symmetrical on the back of his shell. Can anyone tell if this is serious? I will try to get better pics tomorrow of both him ( if he is a male?) and the set...
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    Accidental Tortoise

    Hi, My husband and I unexpectedly had a Russian Tortoise join our family last night. His young owner did not have the time to care for him and needed a new home for him. We have another very tortoise savvy home for this little guy lined up, if I end up worrying that we are not caring for him...
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