Thanks for your advice. I agree with everything you said here and won't refute anything--I needed a practical, frank reply.
I'm from New England. Rather not specify.
Also, I read that RT's are a fan of leafy greens? I'll look at the food link you put here.
Will be doing a ton of...
Just made a makeshift tortoise enclosure before I might get a bigger one. This here is Sunny the Russian tortoise :)
Dimensions for her box are 40"x20"x7" (yes I know it's small but my house just isn't big enough for a 4' x 8' space or something similar)
Here's several pics of the enclosure--a...
My house is a bit small, so I'm afraid I don't have the space. Additionally, I live in New England, so needless to say, most of the year is winter--cold, and depressing hahah.
I'll see what I could do in the meantime, it does look like I will need to increase the space. We were thinking about a...
Hi all,
Beginning to set up a tortoise enclosure and am in need of some advice.
Tortoise is a Russian, 4.5" in length. We got a preliminary enclosure (we'll probably need a bigger one); it's a plastic bin, dimensions 39.5" L x 20.25" W x 7" H
The height, I think is too small for fixing the...
Hi all,
Beginning to set up a tortoise enclosure and am in need of some advice.
Tortoise is a Russian, 4.5" in length. We got a preliminary enclosure (we'll probably need a bigger one); it's a plastic bin, dimensions 39.5" L x 20.25" W x 7" H
The height, I think is too small for fixing the...
Just wanting to check in on my Russian, making sure everything is ok. This was her most recent bowel movement (see image). Is it diarrhea at all? And the white stuff are urates, I believe?
Diet consists of romaine lettuce, mixed veggies with fruit (occasionally), cucumber, carrots, corn... And...