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...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Stuff-on-neck-and-shell-damage-on-rescued-tort#axzz1hK5GZRzm
The above is my post in health asking basic advice on his condition and what I can do for him.
Now let me fill you in some more. I got to the pickup point early, the guy bringing him was late...
I was to get an almost 6 inch male from this guy but he sold the larger male and the three females to a guy planning to breed. He instead gave me the far younger (I resrved taking in the older), somewhat smaller male. He said this guy is 2-3 years old. He lived colony style with the other male...
I just got off the phone with the guy I am getting Talison from tomorrow. I wanted to jump through the phone and beat him with the materials I've read on russian tortoise diet. He's been feeding him romaine and defrosted, frozen mixed veggetables! I was never able to get photos but now I'm...
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/pet/2759266365.html
I can not get her I have no room for a sully. I'm new so I'm not really sure but I think she has pyramiding going on and a poor diet. If anyone can get her and take care of her properly I'd feel a lot better.
At this point it's still a work in progress but almost done! I wantedto do 4 ft x 4 ft floor space but could not fit that size in my car lol! Had to go with 3ft x 4ft with 2 ft high walls, I wanted the height in the walls so I could give a nice deep substrate for digging and tunneling and...
Hi! I'm Kathy and like the title says I live in MO and am picking up my first tortoise, Talison, an adult male Russian on Thursday. I'll have his table finished tuesday and I am so excited! While I am new to torts I am not new to herps. I used to have snakes. I had a king that got loose and...