Recent content by Zeldee

Wow thats expensive. Im being charged £10 per sample with a lab i found online. I rang them and they sent sample collection by post. I did not go to the vets at all. I think that this sample will be fine But will definately check prior to hibernation which is a few years away.

Welcome

Thank you for your replies. I know im being paranoid! Lol

hi Phil. I got my russian a couple of weeks ago. She is almost 11 months old. Hope all is well. What are you feeding? Im feeding with garden weeds x

I was told that i should do this just to see the count. She is only 10 months old and for peace of ,ind for myself i have ordered a kit. I see nothing in her poo and she is eating well. going forward with her i will test on a yearly basis x

When you let your garden get overgrown with weeds and you start phographing everything so you can ID what is tort food! Lol

Hi all. Do you get a worm count regurarly? sue x

Its definately topsoil. Removed all stones etc. Topsoil in thids countrygas lots of crap in it. Removed all stones and bits of brick etc. This soil has never been treater with ferts! Lol

I have been drying my topsoil in the oven all evening. Doing it in batches. I have sieved it and now I’m confident with it. It’s been sterilised previously and had some organic matter added. No chemicals. I havesieved out anything and everything x

Lmao xx

thank you so much. I was really doubting myself but your info is great. My substrate is going as soon as my newly acquired top soil has dried a little. You guys are brilliant. My 16 year old told me about a month before we even thought about getting a tort that they can take on water while...

I met today with a lady that has her first tortoise. Hers is a hamans. I have a Russian. We basically have young tortoises of the same age. She told me that shell size is not an indicator of how much time they should be in the sun outside. She also told me it is a myth that soaking allows a...

Well it was more of a Russian chose us. I was looking at all varieties of torts. She is my 8 year old daughters pet. I wanted hardy. I also wanted a tortoise that interacts with voices. We looked around at Herman’s. we looked at red foot. I ever really thought about Russian. We had the chance...

Has anyone fed horse hay pellets to their Russians? I have seen a lot of people on line doing this. Any success ? was thinking of making the pellet into much with water and adding the foods I really want her to eat with a little of the favourites on the edges

Thank you all for your very kind welcome x