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    Russian Tortoise won’t eat

    Thanks. I do worry because (as I'm sure lots of you have experienced) if you look long enough online you will find something to conflict with everything else you have read! Z
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    Super cute niece really gets torts :-)

    My niece, Eryn, has just turned 4 and is a total animal lover. A couple of years ago, before getting a real handle on language, she reacted to animals (as kids often do) by giving the noise she'd been taught to associate with that particular creature.... So, if she saw a dog she'd point and say...
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    Russian Tortoise won’t eat

    Have any of you used the website The Tortoise Table? It's a UK based website with pages and pages of plants telling you if they are good tort food, ok for the odd occasion, or a total no-no. www.thetortoisetable.org.uk I'd be interested to know how you guys rate their advice because I pretty...
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    Rescued marginated - is he sick or sulking ?

    I'm so glad It must be a relief to know he's improving! The special food was made by Oxbow and it was called "Critical Care fine grind". It is a powder that I had to mix into a paste, slurp it into a syringe and then slowly squirt it into his mouth. I was also mixing in a little Nutrobal high...
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    Rescued marginated - is he sick or sulking ?

    Hi, I'm new to the site and I'm definitely no expert but I can share the knowledge gained from my ignorance! I have a little Russian called Rover and he's my first tortoise so all I knew about caring for him I got from books and the internet. A few years ago I was going through a divorce which...
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