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Is a 3 foot by 2 foot a good enclosure for a Russian tortoise ? He is about 3.5 inches in length and he will on,y be in this house for about 2 years till he gets a bigger one :) is it okay for the time being though ? 1 dwarf hamster 2 Russian torts 5 freshwater fish

I had taken my tort to the vet last week and I've just remembered to put up a thread saying what was wrong with sandy (my tort) ... He isn't getting enough calcium and I've been told to give him a good amount of calcium dust sprinkled on his plants weeds etc .. I keep his UVB Arcadia floodlight...

The woman at the store told me not to hibernate the tortoises until they are atleast 3-4 years old... Whereas other sources told me that if they are healthy then why not ? How do I hibernate a tortoise ? I have no experience doing this since I got these tortoises a month ago .. I am good with...

Is there anything wrong with having a wild caught tortoise? Because I know mine are captive bred but I got my sisters tort from a pet shop and she says that she also says it was captive bred but if it isn't Is it okay ?

How easy is it to breed russian torts ? I want to know because in future I might want my Russians to have babies

I have an Arcadia UVB floodlight, which I keep on for 12hours along with the basking lamp .. There is also a bulbs that is a basking lamp but also gives out UVB ? So when it basks it still gets UVB , would this be good to get ? This is pic of my floodlight its exactly the same as this and it...

I've been trying to get a hold of these for about 2 weeks now! It's almost impossible ! They don't really grow them here in the uk but I tried ordering it from America. ... They don't ship to uk.. Do you have any websites that sells the catcus so that I can give them to my torts ? I hear that...

I was feeding my tortoise today and I just realised that he was eating his rose petal really quite fast .. Like it was a lion hunting its prey , he looked quite weird eating so fast ... Is he ok 1 dwarf hamster 2 Russian torts 5 freshwater fish

Again my auntie is trying to take control of my upkeep of the torts... We're having quite nice weather here in glasgow highs around 28 degrees Celsius ... But my auntie told me to turn of the tortoises lights because its warm and "they don't need it " and I told her that they needed the heat and...

Growing extensively in my garden 1 dwarf hamster 2 Russian torts 5 freshwater fish

My temp of my indoor enclosure isn't as hot as it should be .. I understand that it needs to be 95-105 degrees for the hot part of the day ... I provide them with a simple desk lamp that holds a 60 watt bulb , I was wondering how could I make this warmer ? Should I buy a higher watt bulb...

Today I was a little late waking up and realised that the tortoises had done there routinely poo/pee in the enclosure ... I was just getting my scoop to pick it up till I realised my tortoise chomping away on its own pee.... It was white and it has done this maybe 5-6 times ... I know eating poo...

I've heard almost everybody uses coco coir for substrate for there torts , I was wondering if this is okay for Russian tortoises it seems to be a bit to humid for them I don't want to make it damp but I do understand they do need some humidity ... Sandy then Russian tort <3

Here is a photo of both my sisters and my tortoise , my tortoise is the smaller one and is one and a half to 2 years old... What age would you say my sisters is? (Sisters is the larger one) [hr] The larger one is the one that's walking away from the photo not the one that's beside the wall ...

These tortoises are around 2 years and their Russian. They were bought from a local pet store that we requested for them to order for us ... They came from the south of London to Glasgow .. There was sandy and rocky... Rocky was a pain in the neck , he scratched the wall, bit sandy , and never...

I pave had my torts for about 2 weeks and they acclimatised very well to there new enclosure , unfortunately this is far too small for them 2 and I've been told to split them both up for each others sake ... What I really want is to build my own enclosure , if I can't then I think my joiner...

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Hi I left my Russian for a while and 2 minutes later I found him tipped over , I calmed him down and have him a nice soak and left him , he hasn't ate when I place food infront of him and he's being very quiet is there something wrong. ? He was only topped over for about 2-3 mins ?

I sometimes place my tortoise infront of the food and he just stares at it... So I was thinking how bout i help him eat, but now he waits for me to feed him , he does eat himself but I hate hand feeding him it might become a habit I really don't want it to become a usual thing because he needs...

In my local pt store they have these wonderful plants to help mimic the reptiles real habitat.. I'd like to buy a few and make my enclosure more interesting.. But I'm concerned that the tortoise would try and eat it? I don't want to put them at risk of anything I just want to know if its okay to...