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Hello! My Russian tortoise is a wild caught, I got her from PetSmart two years ago, and she is somewhere between 5 and 10 years old as well as we can tell. She is active and has a good appetite. When I first got her, she had some she'll damage that has been very slowly healing. She has also...

This was Spock's plastron back in March 2020, roughly three months after I got her from a pet store. This picture was taken September 2020 just a few days ago. I am glad that she has been growing (look at that growth!), but I am not sure if her shell health has been improving or not. I give...

I live in PA and have a decent sized yard. My store only really has endive and kale, so I have taken to foraging to supplement my russian tortoise's diet. What are these following plants and can she eat them? Thank you for your time and patience.

I was in my front yard yesterday and saw this plant about. It is only March, but we have had very little snow, so some weeds are already popping up. Can my russian tortoise eat this? I tried looking it up myself, but I was having a hard time looking it up.

I picked up Nature's Care Organic Garden Soil from Home Depot thinking it was their organic potting soil brand that seemed good. The ingredients are not exactly the same, so I hesitate to use the garden soil with my russian tortoise, even though it will be mixed with sphagnum peat moss and...

Alright, the pictures are bad (sorry), but the list is: Bok choy, carrots, zucchini, green beans and peas. This is given with grassland tortoise pellets. Should this be fed to Russian tortoises? And other tortoises like them?

Hello! I got Mr. Spock, my Russian tortoise from a pet store (I know, never do that, but it was love at first sight) January 10th. Today, I was checking him over after a soak and saw that his plastron was different than expected. Please note that his carapace has battle scars on it - it is...

My Russian tortoise is currently 5 inches in length from front to end of shell. The space he is in right now is only 5 cubic feet, so I want to get something bigger set up for him soon. I also want to not poison him with the wrong sealant. I thought the bookcase could be repurposed as it is of...

Hello, everyone! This site has been such a help to me that I thought I might as well become a member. I adopted Mr. Spock, a russian tortoise, from Petsmart over a week ago. For starters, Petsmart should not sell tortoises. I am trying to get him him tip top shape because his shell is not smooth...