We have to move our russian due to construction in the backyard. My hubby built a new great 4x8 enclosure complete with hinged lid. We haven't filled it yet so I can move it if needed. I noticed today that the area where I want to put it only gets a few hours of sun a day. Is that enough or...
Our Russian is in his outdoor enclosure 24/7 right now. He has shelter for rain and plenty of shade. I planted a tortoise mix and it is growing like crazy. It's tough for me to tell if he's eating it though. I haven't given him any additional greens in about 2 weeks and he seems perfectly...
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I recently set up a quick outdoor enclosure using 2 existing raised garden beds. It's not ideal as it's not deep enough and it has raised corner posts so it was tough to cover it. I have chicken wire over it now but there is a gap in the middle. Is there anyplace in the US that...
Hi all...our Russian has done well indoors through the winter but I'd like to move him outside for the summer. We have a raised garden bed that I was going to use but I'm worried about predators getting in from the top. I found a rabbit run that was relatively inexpensive and figured this would...
Hi all...our Russian has done well indoors through the winter but I'd like to move him outside for the summer. We have a raised garden bed that I was going to use but I'm worried about predators getting in from the top. I found a rabbit run that was relatively inexpensive and figured this...
Hello...big disclaimer...we did everything wrong but are trying to correct it! Ugh...darn Petco gave us all the wrong info but shame on us for not doing our own research first. In any case we have a brand new Russian tortoise, "Claude" for now b/c we think he looks just like Claude Julien LOL...