well its getting nice around here, in the 70's with a nice sun. i have had igore for a few months not very active at all. ill bring him out under his basking spot every morning wear he will lay and for a few minutes and usually get drink and go back under his hide or just go under his hide and...
well this Saturday will be 4 weeks since i have had igore. He has only eaten a noticeable amount once. he has 100w Zoo med powersun bulb. 54 gallon storage tub home, with a hide and 24/7 access to water, also he is soaked multiple times each week. he is feed a spring mix base with another green...
i have looked at some different seed mixes available online, and i was wondering which are some of you favorites, this would be Grown for my Russian tortoise, your input/ recommendations are appreciated
today i took out some of the coconut bark, and added a bag of the loose coconut coir, and igore was checking it out and like always he loves walking through is food and water dishes, even though he has a clear path to walk across. i can definitely tell im going to love cleaning his water bowl 5...
so far i hadn't seen igore pee or poop, a couple times when i had soaked him i thought it may have happened but i wasn't sure, well today i was letting him roam around my room and i saw him stop and sort of use his tail as a kick stand, and then he decided to let loose, thank god for hardwood...
when i change my substrate with in the next couple weeks Im going to switch from coconut husk bark to the coconut coir. I can buy a bag a the loose coconut fiber, which is the same as the bricks but its already expanded, now my concern is since you need to put the brick in water, do i need to...
after switching to the powersun 100 mvb, the temps on hot side arent where they should be. i have the bulb so it will be 12 in from my tort, which to my understanding is the closest it should get.
anyways, i know at least during the winter months, i will need a secondary heat source, i see...
I decided that igore Deserves more space then his 54gallon Rubbermaid. so with in the next few months I'm going to build an wooden enclosure. My question is if theres better way to go when building. Lets say i build a 4'x2' enclosure, that would be a total of 8 sq.ft , or i could build a 3'x3'...
Hello, as some of you know Igore and i are new around here. on Saturday it will be 2 weeks that i have had Igore. he is in a 54 Rubbermaid tub with a 100w zoo med power sun bulb. I had been feeding him is Pet store food, mixing in with some collard greens and then later mustard greens and i took...
Tonight i returned my regular basking bulb and my repti glo 10.0 and got a Powersun Mvb. i have been researching non stop since i got igore, and every article i read, just made me feel like i needed it more and more. I love my tort to death. And i realized its a small price to pay when it comes...
which do you feel is better, an open concept enclosure, or a heavily decorated one. Now I'm sure this depends on the species of tortoise, but just in general, do you prefer the bare minimum or pretty densely decorated
ik that when feeding your tort, you should make sure that they are fertilizer free.Which i understand why this may be a problem for you tort. I live in Wisconsin, so there are only 6-8 months out of the year that the weather conditions would be suitable for my tort to be outside. My dad...
Yesterday was 1 weeks since i got igore, the last couple days he seems more and more comfortable in his new home. i started him off with the food he was getting at the store and some collard greens, he was eating very little, if any. I had bought him some Mustard greens on friday and gave him...
Right now i have my tort in a 54 gallon Rubbermaid container, with coconut husk bark, a half like hiding spot, a piece of red slate under the basking lamp, and a fake vine decoration. whats something i could add to make Igore more comfortable, and add a little something to his plain looking home
right now i have repti glo 10.0 tube type bulb providing me with my Uv needs, but after reading threads on here I get more and more worried about the safety and effectiveness of this bulb. I was told about Mvb which i plan on upgrading to, now i spent 25 on my repti glo and another 10 on my...
I was wondering what part of the veggies i can feed my tort. For example the first fresh veggie i bought for him was collard greens, i have only been chopping up the leaf part of the collards now, but should i just chop the whole thing up for him. And if so does that normally go the same for...
Igore received his first soaking today, and he deffinetly didnt enjoy it! the whole time he just wanted to escape, i can tell this will be a fun ritual :P
Hello Im a new owner of Russain Tortoise, currently he is in a 54 gallon Rubbermaid storage container, the substrate is coconut bark, i have a food a water dish, a 100watt basking bulb, a Repti Glo 10.0 uvb bulb, and a hiding stop and couple rocks.
I know there a many other things i should...