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Boris our Horsfield really enjoying his outdoor enclosure. He's been outside every day for two weeks and it's wonderful to see him enjoying his outdoor enclosure 😌

I posted a thread in May about my Russian tortoise Boris being very energetic in his enclosure and took the fabulous advice of @Tom and @Cathie G and @wellington to make him a new improved much larger indoor enclosure. Here is Boris in his new 8x4 ft enclosure in our large shed. I'm still...

My Tortoise has gone from months of sleeping and being very inactive to suddenly stomping, charging and trying to climb out. He's not interested in his food and just charges at it and drags it all over his enclosure. He's 5 years old, I've changed nothing in his enclosure. It's a 5x2 indoor...

Please could I have advice from some of your experts on what to do about my 4 year old male Horsfield tortoise Boris. He has always been healthy and growing. No problems, but going through his seasonal barging, stomping and walking for hours behaviour at this time of year he scratched his head...

Boris the Horsfield's first proper outdoor enclosure finished just in time for some Scottish sunshine! So happy he is finally out roaming. ?

Hi all. I've asked about this topic before. And I am honestly at the end of my tether and don't know why my Russian tortoise Boris has been off his food, not pooped and is extra sleepy for weeks now. Before this he was stomping around and around his enclosure like a bull, but not eating them...

Hi. I wonder if anyone has an be advice please. Our 3 year old tortoise Boris has for the last week and a half been stomping around and around his enclosure but not eaten a thing. He is stomping all over his food and spreading it about. He is trying to climb the walls and has behaved this way...

My 3 year old male Russian tortoise Boris has been healthy and active for just over the year that we've had him. In the local sunny weather in Scotland lately I've had him out a few times in the sunshine and he has been putting on weight no problem and has always had a good appetite. However, in...

Hi all. I've not posted for a while as I sometimes find the site a bit intimidating. Sorry, just a lot of people with a lot of opinions. But I was so excited that I thought I'd share photos of Boris's, my 2 year old Russian tort's new bigger enclosure. It's 6ft x3ft and I would have liked bigger...

My makeshift outdoor enclosure.

Hi all. We've had our gorgeous 20 month old Boris for a month and a half now and I'm really getting in to identification of weeds for him here in Scotland. I love trying him with new weeds that I find as the season progresses into summer. It's so satisfying when he really likes one. So here are...

Hi all, so I've added orchid bark to enclosure over Coco coir, just at one end to try and keep humidity up. I am obsessed with humidity and pyramiding since reading everything on site and I have an open table. Should I have soaked orchid bark first? I put in and poured warm water and misted, but...

Hi, new to the forum and to keeping tortoises and have had my 19month old Horsfield for 2 months now and am finding conflicting advice for substrate. At first I mixed unfertilised soil with sand, then on this forum I've read it's all about moisture, so I changed to moistened Coco coir and got...

Hi everyone. My name's Lynne from Scotland and our family recently brought an 18 month old Horsfield tortoise into our lives called Boris. We don't know if Boris is male or female yet though, but he/she is gorgeous and so fascinating. I have been stressing a little about what weeds are safe to...