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I do not see how I was disrespectful, simply asked for respect. Why push your beliefs on someone else? Brumation is a choice in captivity. Other than the implication that I somehow disrespected you, or anyone else, I'm afraid I don't understand the rest of your post. Sorry. To the poster...

I have pics from when I got him and will get new pics in the am, right now he's dug in for the night. I adore how he digs and lounges and climbs! I hope the difference in his plastern (is that spelled correctly?) shows in the photos. The patch on his back seems to be having troubles but the...

He wouldn't give me photos so I saved Talison and hoped for the best. He was underweight, dehydrated, pale (darkened under the UVB-former home gave no UVB), with fairly bad shell rot. My conclusions did not come close. Talison is now much better. His shell is healing, he fills out his shell...

I'm not sure if he is actually missing a scute but its definitely damaged. Vet said to keep it clean while it heals and I'm to continue using the anti-fungal cream on his bottom part of his shell, the plasturn? At least until it starts looking a bit better. Vet said his skin looks better than...

Can't use the fridge. I use it for food. I do not have the option of acquiring another and besides, I am not comfortable with it so I choose not to. If he can not brumate naturally on his own, I choose not to do it. The only downside to not brumating that I have found is issues with breeding...

I adopted a RT a week ago who came with shell rot. He's come a long way in a week. I followed their advice very closely. Bathed with betadine and daily applications of athletes foot cream. His shell was worse than hers and looks way better already. He's even got a growth line going on on the...

I love having all this information shared on both sides of this, but until I live where outdoor hibernation is possible so that its natural I won't do brumation/hibernation. Just too risky to me. Its too wet during the cold season here. So far my little Russian shows no signs of slowing down...

Just measured him and he is 4.5 inches exactly. He weighed in at 381 grams. He feels heavier now too. I think he was a touch dehydrated.

Hey, did you call the company? What did they say?

His name is Talison :) I love Anime and recently watched Tears to Tiara. In it is a Bard named Talison, Talison sacrifices himself to save the world. Then Dragons reward his gift by saving him. It was so awesome!

I'm going to add that calculation method to my tort's notebook. I'm trying to keep all of his info together in one place.

Thank you, he's already eating from our hands. I'll get him in to my vet as soon as they open again.

He deffinitely feels light when I pick him up. I have been soaking him, and he is getting a great deal more variety than he was getting before. Its only been a few days but he looks better and is already eating from our hands if we offer him something. Thanks for the help guys!

Oh, ok then his neck looks normal. A little thinner than yours but the color is right.

Oh, why thank you! I'm trying.

I did in the thread I linked to in the first post. Thanks :)

I found a chart and will get a yard stick tomorrow, I need a new one anyway. I estimate him to be about 4.5 inches, equalsabout 114 mm and according to the chart he should be 400 grams. I also read he should feel as heavy as a stone of the same size, but he feels rather light to me. My bearded...

LOL oh THAT! I did find it a little insulting but did not necessarily mean to myself. Sorry! I got carried away but honestly did not feel attacked. Was just pointing out that anything anyone does with a formerly wild creature can be seen as bad, then noted why russians can't do natural brumation...

I'm not sure how much my tort should weigh, he's between 4 and 5 inches, 2-3 years old and weighed in at 365 grams. Not positive how a healthy RT's neck looks, mine, his neck is very thin right behind his head all the way to his body, the skin kind of hangs on it like a wet piece of paper but...

Never saw anything you said as an attack, sorry you felt I did.