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I have a 3 or 4 year old male Russian tortoise and I have noticed that he has been eating less. I am wondering why this is happening. Usually i feed him a mixed diet with greens and veggies. Today a put out his favorite food, dandelion greens and some romaine lettuce as a treat and he didn't eat...

I have wanted to upgrade Franklin's enclosure for a while now but i do not have the space for it to be bigger. I am asking if I could build him a ramp to climb onto a second area of his enclosure almost like an upstairs. I would definitely put guard rails up. Would this be ok? My second question...

I am planting an indoor garden for my Russian tortoise and I have some black seed Simpson lettuce seeds. Are these okay for a Russian tortoise. If so do they have any nutritional value. Any help is appreciated.

Can you keep a male and female Russian tortoise together, If so I was just wondering how large an enclosure would have to be to keep to Russian torts together. I am not getting another tortoise any time soon this is just a question out of curiosity

So I have had my combo uv/heat halid bulb for about 11 months. Should I change it out and buy a new one after every year. Or 2 years. I am not sure at all and I know they are expensive so I do not want to buy one if I do not need one. Any advice would be appreciated.

How fast do Russian tortoises grow. Mine has gained some weight since I got him but not all that much. He is only about 2-3 years old. Right now he is 350 grams. I feed him the normal amount (enough to fill his shell f it were a bowl). feed him dark leafy greens and weeds. Once every 2-3 weeks...

I just gave my Russian tortoise a little gentle rub/light scratch on his shell and he started to walk forward. Do you think he was trying to run away from the rubs or did he like them. I know dogs like to be pet but do tortoises?

Right now I have a spider plant in my Russian tortoises enclosure and I really want some more plants in there because I find they look so nice. What are some plants that I can put in my enclosure that are fine if they get eaten just in case my tort does eat them.

Right now I have a male russian tortoise and he loves to burrow. Right now his substrate is coconut coir and it is about 4 inches deep. He loves to burrow down into it at night. I have been considering switching to cypress mulch but I do not know if he will be able to dig as well in it. I have...

My mom recently planted a garden of lettuces and other vegetables. She planted some bok choy in it and I was wondering If my Russian tortoise can have It.

In the past week I have noticed that my tortoise has not been as active or moving around.. I have not changed anything like temp or substrate or diet and i soak home every 2 or 3 days.

I usually give my russian tortoise calcium powder on his food every other day. Should I be giving him more or less. He also has two uv bulbs.

How warm dos it have to be to take my Russian tortoise outside to roam around in the grass. I usually take him out when it is at least 80 degrees or more. It doesn't get super hot where I live only up to 90 degrees on extremely hot days in the summer. But most of the summer days are about 80-90.