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Just for fun, and going on someone's suggestion here, I bought a hydroponically-grown Boston lettuce*, washed the roots well and planted it in my RT's enclosure. It was a LOT bigger than him, LOL. It took him about 0.0000005 seconds to find it and dive in; Geronimo! (He took the shortest...

Anyone else think RTs have that Chihuahua/Napoleon complex? You know - big shot in a little body....;)

I kind of went about this backwards, so my apologies; I've actually been posting a bit, but finally got around to introductions! I'm Deb; live in Ontario, Canada with a very understanding husband and (at present) two cats and my male Russian, Ludwig, who I've had for about 5 years. Previously...

As I posted earlier, I have been gently filing Ludwig's beak (RT) briefly daily for the last 12 days. I don't hold him - he just comes up to me and I file it. I don't want to give the impression that he likes it; I think he's trying to boot the file out of his enclosure, LOL. Anyway, I've posted...

I posted in late December about trying to get my RT's beak trimmed at the vet and how he (the tortoise, not the vet) did NOT want to cooperate. Here's a link to the thread (I hope!): http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-84706.html I had decided it was best to wait until Spring as he could still...

My boy's a star! (and yes, I have too much time on my hands....:))

Buying a variety of greens for a small RT leaves me with lots of excess, even if we humans eat lots of salads. I'm sick of so much stuff going bad, so it dawned on me that I could try using my dehydrator and then crumble the dried greens to use as salad topper rather than waste them. If it...

Very sorry to bother you folks with this, but I need some advice. I'm posting this for an acquaintance who knows I have a tortoise, so they asked me about this. I only have experience with Russians, so couldn't really answer their question as I know the requirements for the two species are quite...

I'm usually able to get a good variety of greens at the grocery store in the winter (including escarole, endive, two types of radicchio, frisee, artisan lettuces, dandelion greens. kales, etc. etc.), but living in Canada it is sometimes difficult to get things like cactus for winter feeding for...

Recently bought a medium Exo-terra reptile cave to use as a hill in Ludwig's (male RT) enclosure. [I can't get the pic to load, but you can see one here: Reptile Cave , second from left]. It looked great in the enclosure, but I hadn't realized how much they look like a tortoise shell....many of...

Following on the previous thread about Reptisun 5.0 or 10.0 fluorescent tubes for Russians, what proportion of habitat length should the tube be?...eg., if the enclosure is 4' x 3', what length of tube should one have for UV?

Hello, all! I've been reading a lot here, but just started posting. This seems like a really great group of people! I've had my 7yo male Russian, Ludwig, for about four years. I do have an outdoor enclosure for him, but we are in the depths of a Canadian winter right now, so he is in his indoor...

My 7 yo male Russian, Ludwig, is in need of a beak trim. He can still eat fine, but it is getting long in spite of feeding him on a rough rock and trying to get him to chew on cuttlebone. I've read all of the excellent "how-to's" on here, but I have somewhat unresponsive hands due to RA which...