Hi my name is Jenn and My Russian Tortoise name is Roxie

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Check this out.

I would say a female.
And as for age, unfortunately that's a... "good luck" kind of situation. Could be 10years old or could be 25.
Unless you had a hatch date it's nearly impossible to know. Especially since pet stores deal with wild caught tortoises, which are usually fully grown or nearly so when they are captured.
Welcome to the forum!
-Meg

((FYI:: I wouldn't use the care sheet on the link I posted. Dig through the forum here and you will find tons of useful info))
 

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Here's a great care sheet! Plus lighting/heating info!

4 elements of heating: By Tom
There are four elements to heating and lighting:

Basking bulb. I use 65 watt floods from the hardware store. I run them on a timer and adjust the height to get the correct basking temp under them. I also like to use a flat rock of some sort directly under the bulb.

Ambient heat maintenance. I use ceramic heating elements or radiant heat panels set on thermostats to maintain ambient above 80 degrees day and night for tropical species. You'd only need day heat for a temperate species like Testudo or DT.

Light. I use LEDs for this purpose. Something in the 5000-6500K color range will look the best. Most bulbs at the store are in the 2500K range and they look yellowish.

UV. If you can get your tortoise outside for an hour 2 or 3 times a week, you won't need indoor UV. If you want it anyway, get one of the newer HO type fluorescent tubes. Which type will depend on mounting height. 5.0 bulbs make almost no UV. You need a meter to check this: https://www.solarmeter.com/model65.htm

 

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