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I just came home to find my female tortoise who is only 2 years old like this Could she be trying to push out an egg? Or could it be solid urates? Some liquid has come out and she really looks like she is straining.

My little Vygo is almost 11 months old now. He hatched during the winter months (estimated that he hatched in late December or early January according to the breeder). I've always called him a him but I'm curious. I know it's too early to tell for sure. But what are you guys thinking? Here is a...

Hi everyone! Long time no see!! I wanted to get the opinions of some of the experiences users and Russian owners. Vygo is about 7 months now and happy as ever. His shell has just about doubled since I got him. He's at 4 inches and 94 grams. However, I noticed parts of the outside rim of his...

Hey guys! It's been awhile since I've been on and I thought I'd share some recent pictures of my little Russian tortoise Vygo! He's about 3 1/2 inches in length and width and weighed in at 65grams yesterday. Just as cute as ever. Here's the proof! Follow Vygo on Instagram...

So I left Sunday for a two night camping trip with friends and left my 4 month old Russian Vygo in the "capable" hands of my mother. I did not move him whatsoever and his lights were on a timer. I had a bag of weeds, prickly pear, and mustard greens for Monday and a bag with collards, weeds, and...

Little Vygo got his first taste of cactus today and he loves it!! He does require some help eating it though because it is almost to heavy for him to maneuver but he seems to really love it!

Vygo marching around one of his garden boxes! Chowing down. Look at that ring of growth around his shell! Getting some sun on the front porch. Such a cute face!!

I need a good picture of a Russian tortoise hatching or piping! Its for a school project where I wrote a children's story about Vygo and am making a video of me narrating the story. I am using real pictures of Vygo but I don't have any of him hatching. I will give you credit! thanks!!!!!!!

We did it! I've been sneaking Mazuri and Grassland Tortoise food into Vygo's greens twice a week for about two weeks now. I decided to get tough and see what would happen this morning. I only gave him a couple of leaves of spring mix and left one chunk of Mazuri in his enclosure before I...

So I searched on here for ways to cool down night time temps for my Russian tortoise and could not find anything. I cannot get the temps to go any lower then around 68 degrees F. I turn off all the lamps and make sure the fan in the room is on. Are there any ways to get it to go down just a...

So it's about 80 here so far today so I put Vygo outside in his enclosure! He is loving the sun!! I bought an oregano plant the other day and I gave him some leaves. This is him chowing down! Share your pictures!!

So I've seen several pictures of Russians over the past month or so and seen some with very large light colored rings around the edge of the shell. Here's pictures of what I'm talking about: And extreme: *These are all results of a basic yahoo search and none of these photos are mine...

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in health but here goes. I'm currently interning at a charter school. In the middle school science classroom I recently discovered they have several different species of reptile. I was dismayed to find 2 little box turtles, of different types, in one...

So I decided to "snuggle" with little Vygo while watching tv. I had him on my chest and I was just petting his head. That's when I noticed these two little white TEENY TINY bugs crawling all over his head and chest. Like so tiny you wouldn't notice them if they didn't move so fast. I think they...

Hey all. My 3-4 month old Russian appears to be doing well. Background: He eats well, is fairly active, empties regularly and normally. Basking spot 96-98, hot side 89-94, cool side 70-75. Humidity is usually around 40-45% and he gets soaked every other day for now because he did have a fairly...

A basic google search did not show much. I turned off my RT's light for the night and about 30 minutes later I could hear him walking around (which I thought was odd because he had been sleeping like a rock when I turned off the light) so I went to see what he was up to. There was only a dim...

So I spent all of my Sunday building an outdoor enclosure/garden for my RT! I've still got to finish the lid and put up some taller wood to keep him from seeing out. I also need to add some more plants to provide shade until the seeds that I planted start to sprout! It's 4ftx4ft and is all...

I've had my Sulcata for about 4-5 months now. I was told that it was almost 2 when he was given to me. He was about 3 1/2 inches long when I got him and he was mildly pyramided. He is about 5 inches now and only about 9 ounces and the pyramiding has not gotten worse however shouldn't a 2 year...

So I was at Home Depot today getting some materials to build my outdoor enclosure for my RT and they had agave plants on sale. I bought one to put in my front yard to later see that russiantortoise.net lists them as edible! Can I just cut off a stalk and feed it to the little guy? If so, is...

Unfortunately a lot of people go into the world of reptiles not knowing what they are getting themselves into. You most definitely have to be prepared and fully think it out before you just jump into it. I will be honest here. I have done a lot of things wrong in the past but I have been and...