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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...

i got this female today from a lady on craigslist she has some beak issues but other than that she looks pretty good , she is a biiggg one at 7.5 inches , i don't have the weight yet ... she makes slowpoke and sassy look like babies , the lady said she thinks she is 11 years old ... here are...

Hey guys and gals , just woundering if boston ferns are ok for any enclosure out side or in , i couldnt find any thing about it on russiantortoise.com ... thanks in advance...

added some new stuff to slowpoke and sassy's place , and painted it...(had them in slowpokes old habitat), i added sliding doors with plexiglass so they cant get out ,(they figured out that if they climb on each other at least one can get out , and they took turns) a fan to circlate the air...

Hey guys/gals ... I emailed a guy today from craigslist , who said he had a pet store closing and had a lot of stuff for sale , so I asked him if he had any MVB left and how much he wanted for them (can never have enough supplies) he emailed me back , "nope never carried them they are DANGEROUS...

just got done adding a upper level to slowpoke and sassy's house , its removable , about 7" from the floor of the habitat , with a nice large hide under it ...

hey guys just added some new plants to the russians habitat ... thought i would add some pics to show you ... i also have some squash growing and cucumber ...

hey i got my page up for live streaming of slowpoke and sassy ... let me know what you think , im still working on it but the streaming is up ....Stream: http://71.221.116.140:8081 [hr] cant see them right now they are dug in for the night lol but the spot i put it on is where i feed them ...

hey guys i got this repti light i cant use with my torts if any one in the colorado springs area can use it for a snake or frogs or what ever i want 50.00 for it and the lights or will trade for a female RT, its all new ... just email me [email protected] thanks ...

These are pic's of slowpoke and sassy ... finaly got good pic's of sassy , we just got here and she is still a little bit shy ...

Going tomorrow to Denver to pick up another RT they say its female I hope it is sense I live about 80 miles from Denver I'm hoping they send me pics to night like they said when they get off work ... ill post pics as soon as I get home from picking her up...already got my box ready to bring her...

Got a question for you all... whats the defferance between zoo meds PowerSunâ„¢ UV is a self-ballasted mercury vapor lamp and the one that exo terra makes? (other than $40.00 more for the zoo med one) ... looks like they have the same uvb specs and every thing , are exo terras just cheep and...

hey guys and gals , i was going to order my uvb lights for my new tortoise habitat , should i use Exo Terra Repti-Glo 5.0 Compact Fluorescent or should i use the 10.0 for the russian tortoise ... i already have the heating taking care of with a programmable thermostat and the works... thanks

This is how I made my new tortoise home for slowpoke ... a little costly but well worth it , still got some pieces to get but I'm almost done , I hope you guys and gals find this handy ...

putting together a new set up for slowpoke , hoping to get him some friends also when im all done ...

Hey im redoing my set up next week to a lot bigger one that splits and all the good stuff , but i will be looking for 2 female russian torts when im done , if any one knows of a place in colorado maybe close to coloorado springs , to get these other than petco or what not , could you please let...

Hey peeps , i dont know if this is normal or not but ill attach a photo of what im talking about ... but these last few days when i feed my RT he puts off this white slime and a wet spot like he is peeing as he is eating... do you know what this is ?

Hi, I was just wondering what you guys here thought about the Zilla vitamin supplement food spray ... it said on the bottle to put it on the food every day , but everything I read said things like calcium and D3 should only be given two times a week...this has calcium (min)...60 ppm, vitamin D3...

:tort: Hey, this is my first time here and a first time owning a tortoise , my daughter and I named him Slow Poke (Russian tortoise)... I noticed him eating the forest floor bedding its 100% natural cypress mulch, is that ok? Should I change to something else? he is on a diet of mustard greens...