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Hi, thanks for your concern. It had been determined it was a respiratory illness. Not sure if I will get another tortoise but if we do, we will definitely look more into that.

Thank you!

Thank you so much. We saw a rainbow the day after he passed. Made us feel like he was telling us he was okay

This was the one and only raspberry he ever had. And apples are not.bad for him, and had a slice probably once a month

Such sad news. My baby got sick, it took two days and traveling to another state to get someone to look at him. Sadly it was too late. We got a call at 4am that he had passed ?

Hi all! I have a russian tort with lots of attitude! He comes up to us when we talk to him. He just comes up and let's us rub his shell and even the top of his head. His biggest thing is people watching him eat, he hates it. He will be at his food dish ready to eat but will look at you until you...

So sorry to hear of your baby scratching. That is how I got my baby. Part of it was he could see out he would scratch. We immediately upgraded him, and have several times. Hes a pretty happy guy now. Blessings to you and everyone here!!

It came with him when we got him from our friend. Its plastic, but he loves to burrow by it. I think its aquatic

That's fantastic! I'm only a little jealous of your set up ? good luck with your babe!

Hey there fellow Massachusetts tortoise lover! I found orchid bark at my local home depot. 8 quart bag for $5.36. Depending on where you are I could help you get some if you like. Really use what you're comfortable with for you and your tortoise. I use coconut husk because we are allergic to...

I give him dark greens from the store. I live in New England and it's hard to have home grown all year long. He gets whatever they have: kale, collard greens, escarole, I'm growing some butter lettuce as a treat, spinach leaves, spring mix if you cant find the individual greens. I also give him...

I got my tort from a friend who's child was bored of him. The only thing they fed him was lettuce. And they had him in a tiny enclosure. Poor guy was very traumatized. I did have trouble getting him to eat more variety and he wouldnt. I did do the tough love and now he eats what he should. It...

My heart goes out to you!! I am hoping you find your baby soon. The first time I let my little buddy out around the house I was shocked at how fast they move!! Keeping happy thoughts for you!!!

I set it as my lock screen on my phone, he looks so happy

He looks so cute I had to share!

Right now I've got both of these on. They both emit heat, and the blue bulb has UVB and heat. Its snowing outside so this helps keep the heat in his enclosure. When its warmer I only do the UVB day and the red at night.

Heat is around 85, a little lower at night, mid 70s. He gets a spritz everyday since we put him in this enclosure. He gets a soak about 3 times a week.

I do have his lights, I had just gone through and cleaned out the whole enclosure, I hadn't put the lights back on. He gets both heat and uv lighting

Also he does have lights! I just hadn't put them on the top before I took the picture

Hello everyone. We have had our tortoise for a few years. I have done tons of reading about how to take care of our russian. When we got him he was in a 10 gallon tank with bark substrate . He was constantly digging at the side. They gave him baths, but they would put him in a bucket full of...