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Oh no! I definitely wasn't knocking him or Russians in general - in fact, I really have been enjoying him! I'm just really a planner (especially when it comes to adding animals to my household) and he kind of came out of left field since I had been on the path to getting a leopard. I felt very...

I, too, believe that parents should allow children to have tortoises. Albeit, at the end of the day, the parent should always realize and accept that at some point the burden may fall onto their shoulders to care for or appropriately rehome the animal should their child lose interest, move away...

Well, I had a bit of a change of plans, so to speak. After pining over tortoises for several months, and my entire family having to listen to me and tolerate it, my parents decided to go out and surprise me by getting me a Russian Tortoise as a "welcome home from law school" present... So...

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome and the links to all of the great threads! I'm thinking about starting to put together my indoor enclosure this week and try to get everything ready before I start looking for my future tortoise. I breed and show bedlington terriers. Here is a picture...

Hi everyone! My name is Gaby and I live in Northern Virginia. I've been seriously contemplating the idea of adding a tortoise to my family for a few months (although I've been a turtle/tortoise lover for my entire life). I don't want to jump into tortoise ownership completely unprepared, so I...