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Anyone else have a very special cat? We have a kitty named Batman. He was born in April, we got him when he was 6 weeks old. He was such a tiny, fluffy kitten. Now at 5 months old he’s huge fluffy kitty. We love him very much. He’s definitely something special. It would take all day for me to...

This is kind of a long story but I will make it short. Someone in Missoula, MT dumped their sulcata. Ads were posted and no one claimed it. Bad time of year to do this as our temps have dropped to 30 degrees at night. Anyways, I took in this sulcata and must take care of it until spring when the...

Does anyone have a good reference photo of a young sulcata that already has pyramiding vs one that does not? I have a friend who plans to buy one at a reptile expo next weekend. I saw pictures of the babies. To me, they look like they already have some pyramiding. Keep in mind I have no...

I finally talked my husband into letting me get an aquatic turtle! I’ve got a lot of research ahead of me. I would like suggestions on what species would be good for a beginner? I have a short list of turtles that I can get from around here. I’m more interested in adopting but I do want the...

I’ve seen several threads where people are referred to as trolls? Are you saying that person has bright colored, fuzzy hair and a gem on their belly button? Or what? Fill me in.

We’re just finishing up our double decker tortoise table. I’ve had the original top part of the tortoise table for a year, the bottom part is new. I didn’t take into consideration that the bottom table would be really dark. In the middle there is a powersun bulb. I’m wondering what kind of...

Hi, I was just looking for input from anyone who has done parasite testing. I’ve been taking care of a Russian tortoise (Ivan) for about 6 months now. He’s a wild caught male purchased at petco. When he first came to me he was 349 grams and he appeared to be underweight. His neck and legs look...

Am I the only one guilty of taking more pics of my shell babies than my human babies? I feel so bad about it but my tortoise is always doing something that I think is cute. My kids don’t hold still long enough to take as many pictures.

I caught this cute little bugger while camping last weekend. There’s hundreds of them in the lake we were camping at, but I usually don’t see them wandering around the campsites. I let it go in a nice quiet area of the lake with lots of other turtles. I definitely didn’t want it to get run over.

Yesterday I came across an ad on Craigslist of a teenage boy getting rid of all his reptiles because of family problems. He had many reptiles because his dad once owned an exotic pet store. I was interested in taking in the female Russian tortoise he had, but someone had already picked her up...

We’re going to be leveling our back yard and putting in new grass and fencing. My husband and I have been arguing about where the new tortoise enclosure will be. Next to our house we have a long area where we could build it. It looks narrow in the pictures but I measured it to be over 5 feet...

Hello, I’ve only been a member for a week but I just wanted to say how great everyone here is. I’ve been in tortoise groups on Facebook before and they’re pretty nasty. It makes people uncomfortable to post pictures or ask for help because they might be full blown attacked by several people...

I recently adopted my male Russian Tortoise, Dimitry, from a rescue. Since I’ve had him, he eats every time I put food in front of him and will eat until it’s gone. I’m wondering if he had to compete for food before or if he is just a hungry little guy. Either way, he’s a happy, healthy boy.

I’m looking for a captive bred female juvenile to adult Russian tortoise. No hatchlings please. I understand that a captive bred adult is hard to come by but I’m putting it out there anyways. Must have outgoing personality and be comfortable with human interaction. I would prefer a high yellow...

This was the most traumatizing week of my life. All week long I was working really hard to make a new outdoor enclosure for my female tortoise, Vasili. I spent many hours and lots of money working on it. On Thursday night i had finished the project. I took her out to explore and she did what she...

Hi, I’m new to this site. My name is Kaeloni and I’m from Montana. I have 2 Russian tortoises that I’ve adopted from rescues. Vasili (female) and Dimitry (male.) They are housed separately in their own large tortoise tables. I’ve done quite a bit of research but would always like to know more...