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New to the tortoise world and kind of amazed that this goes on. www.nydailynews.com/news/world/10-000-tortoises-discovered-madagascar-home-article-1.3956458

Thank you!

Hi all. I have been a tortoise owner now for about 5 months and my Russian Bananas seems to be doing very well. He has a good routine, eats plenty, and here in the northeast, i just got him a nice outdoor enclosure (though so far he seems slow to adjust to the new environment). So, all seems...

Great. That’s a relief. He seems happy and into a good routine, I just worry there is a lot that can go wrong. Thank you!

Thanks. Aside from the humid hide (he has a hide but I am not sure it’s humid), I am doing most of what you say. He’s got moist peat, a shallow water dish and I bath him every few days (seems to be where he does most of his pooping). That’s a relief. Thanks again for all the info you...

Hey folks, I saw the pyramiding post on the week in review, and now I am totally freaked out. Bananas gets plenty of water and soaks often, but I don't really track humidity. I think he also eats lots of greens that have pretty good calcium levels. Here are a couple of pictures. This is...

Thanks so much for that information. I think I will start by making him a large enclosure in a mulched/dirt area that I have in my yard. There is little weed or grass to worry about there, but he will still be able to get some sun and explore around a much larger area than I have for him...

Hi - I have had my Russian now for about 3 or 4 months and he seems like a happy little guy; has a regular routine and eats well. Occasionally he scratches away at the sides of his enclosure, but that seem pretty common from what I have read. To this point, he has been exclusively inside...

Thanks, all of you. I went through all of this information when I first got him, and am following it pretty closely. I think the petsmart stuff I read just kind of freaked me out.

Hi all. We have had my Russian (Bananas) now for about a month, and things are going well, I think, and I am starting to get attached to "my son's" tortoise. For the most part, our guy starts to stir in the am around 7-8am, shortly after i put out his food, he heads over to eat, he eats...

Here is a pic of my guy next to a tape...almost 5 inches I think. Also, tried to snap the tail, but he was tucked in when I was trying to take the pic. Not sure if this pic will work.

Thanks. I will take a couple of pics and post them tomorrow. It is a little disconcerting to think of the not-so-accurate information I have been given so far. Glad to have found this website. As I mentioned, the tort is for my 10 y/o, though I already find myself getting attached to...

Almost forgot, my ten year old has named our tortoise Mr. Bananas. He thought he would be eating lots of bananas.

Hi – My name is Jim and my family just got a 1 year old Russian tort from a local pet shop. Based on what I am reading in these posts, vs what I was told by the pet shop, I am afraid I am following some bad advice. Currently we have the tort in a 40 gallon fish tank but are in the process of...