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So I did another thread telling the story as I went, but figured I would do another one giving the details of the my build after the fact for those who might like to see but didn’t follow along with my other thread. some of the technical details: 1. 56 inches wide by 23 inches deep. I know a...

So I have been watching some videos of people who built wood enclosures for their non-baby tortoises, and they only put trash bag / shower curtain on the floor of the enclosure they built. Is that enough, or do you have to run it up the sides? The moist substrate for humidity purposes will...

hi everyone, it has been a while since I posted. Hope everyone has been well during these crazy times. speaking of crazy times, getting ready to start my build for our almost 1 year old Russian. Building the biggest enclosure I can afford space wise to build. It will be 56 inches by 22...

Hello all. I posted about this in a thread I started in the Russian tortoise thread, but thought I would share it here too, since this is a more generic thing, and can potentially help other owners. I am new to all of this tortoise ownership, we have had him 11 days now. But I was worried...

hi everyone. My son’s tortoise is finally spending most of his day not buried, which is good. But now I have a different concern. The tortoise spent a lot of time basking today, and it could be that I just never looked close enough at the underside of his tortoise, but his shell looks blacker...

Hi LeighElizabeth. I hope you don’t mind me adding a substrate related question on to your thread. It is very likely a question you may even be able to answer for me (sorry, new owner here, so I have no answer for your question). The place where I bought my Russian from this week told me that...

Hello everyone. I have read the sticky thread posted by Yvonne on this topic, but wanted to get some insights from all of you based on my specific situation. We brought our new Russian home about 1 pm sunday. By 3, he had buried himself. He stayed buried until about 430 yesterday afternoon...

Hello everyone! First time tortoise owner here, and glad to have found this forum. I have been doing a ton or research on the internet to try to learn as much as I can going into this, but always nice to speak to actual people who are taking care of their tortoise friends day in and day out to...