Wow, it's been a while since I've posted on here ... Would the female Russian tortoise ever instigate the mating ? What I have been seeing is Sammi the female backing up to slowpoke the male and is chasing him around doing this , kind of like hey here it is...
lets start with lighting , i use the power sun mvb 100w works great gives them the heat and uvb all in one ... substrate , you can use alot of things coco coir , tops soil , any thing that does not have any thing added to it ... food , no lettuce , full of water , you want to feed them stuff...
looks great , I'm with GeoTerraTestudo , you don't have any problems with feeding them all in one spot ? with my 3 i have to feed them in deferent places or they fight , but they get along before and after they all eat :)
slowpoke likes it when i rub his chin , stretches out and closes his eyes like, aawww feels so good , sassy not so much she just comes around if i have food, if no food she goes away, sammi loves any kind of attention, she loves the top of her heat rubbed...
very cool , i wish it was worm enough here in colorado to put mine out side ... the high today was 47 with the wind chill of 28 ... summer needs to hurry up around here ...
i made this one out of plywood and popsicle sticks , its big enough to where my full grown adult female RT (7.5") will fit under it and turn around and she can go on the upper level of it also ...
ive got 2 females and one male they get along as long as i have each of there food dishes in the indoor enclosure and out door one , if i try to feed them on one plate they get aggressive with each other ... but thats the only problem i had ... i also have a indoor set up half the size of my...
yea try starting them out side or under a light made for plants then putting them in with your tort, i always have some started and trade them out once every two weeks unless my big sammi eats the whole thing then i have to start over with that planter ... :)