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Yeah, it already recovered and returned it's weight. It taked just 2 months. Considering that people, who caughted this turtle, feed it by cabbage and bread, they don't know that it need fish, meat, seafood, snails etc. So it was very skinny when it has got to me.

It was my tortoise ;) ->

RE: Western Hermann's vs. Eastern Hermann's Thank you! I'm glad that my define of subspecies is correct (because I was wrong about it's sex) :)

RE: Western Hermann's vs. Eastern Hermann's It's most full information about differentiating Hermann's tortoises I ever seen! I thought my tortoise is boettgeri. Please tell me, am I right? Here some photos:

Thank you, Terry! I'm not alone in my rescue activity. There is a such kind of club (in Ukraine and in Russia) where volunteers help torts who need their help :)

All of my tortoises from a former owner (except of Kizito, 2-nd foto).

We called her Eddie not because she looks like real person :D All my tortoises are named in honour of different people (famous guitar players, footbol players, personages of stories etc) :)

Oh, I'm an editor. Reptiles is my hobby :) But I know a few good vets who can study herpetology well. It'll be nice if they gone to Moskow zoo to take lessons ;)

RE: Welcome to TortoiseForum.org ! Thank you, Yvonne! My last answer was moved here: http://tortoiseforum.org/thread-11898-post-104103.html#pid104103 :)

Thank you all guys for compliments :) We changed substrate for several times. Now the rubber rug is in one terra (where adult tortoises are living), but there are large pebble and snags too. The rubber rub is soft, so it's very comfortable to walking on. We have a good weather from April...

I'm afraid she was named in honour of Eddie Van Halen :D

OK, it'll be first female called Eddie :D

Thank you :shy: Here some pictures of our habitats: 1-st level (Russian tortoise called Kizito): 2-nd level (Hermann's tortoise called Eddie): Bigger terrarium for adult Russian tortoises Yngwie & Emma: There are UV-lamp ReptiGlo 10.0 and lamp for basking in each terrarium. All...

A lot of thank's for your help! I want to specify that this tortoise have just 4 inches long. How do you think it's really female or it can "change" it's sex?

RE: Welcome to TortoiseForum.org ! Hi everyone! My name is Anastasia. I'm from Kiev, Ukraine. Actually I'm here to lern more info about my hermann's tortoise. Now I have 5 tortoises (Agrionemys horsfieldii - 1.2.1, Testudo hermanni - 0.0.1) and 1 "guest"-turtle Emys orbicularis - 0.1 (I plan...