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  1. momvetkat

    How can I convince my husband to stop mincing up the tortoise food?

    My husband loves Mr. T and insists more often than not on providing his daily "salad". I make sure he has a varied diet and am now growing a lot of my own greens for him. Barry cuts the pieces with scissors into teeny shreds. He also gives him shredded carrots every day (because "he loves...
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    Newbie with outdoor enclosure questions

    Hi, I've had my Russian Mr. T for two years and he seems to have adapted to his enclosure. However, I have been unable to grow anything in the dry dirt of the enclosures. I see these beautiful habitats with lush vegetation and would love that! I have grown weeds in flats successfully, but he...
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    Do I need to soak my adult Russian tortoise?

    I keep Mr T in a large outdoor enclosure with a large dogloo filled with hay (Where he hibernated the first year and spends the night). He has a burrow under the dogloo where he hibernated last winter. I have a large shallow water dish, but have never seen him in or around it. We feed a variety...
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    New to forum; questions

    Hello everyone. I am the proud keeper of Mr. T who was found walking down the middle of the road. He is a Russian tortoise and I have had him 2 years. Although I have kept snakes, chameleons and bearded dragons, I ended up with no reptiles because I feel they need to be in their more "native"...
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