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so as some of you may know, I am actually mom to Arjun, my 10 year old who is the happy best friend to a 7 month old Russian baby named Yoshi. I am a member here because I thought it was important for me to also learn all I can about the proper care of tortoises as my son is too young to really...

was watching one of his cooking shows on The Food Network and they showed his daughters with their tortoises. So cute! Although one of them did look like it was pyramiding a little! Just thought it was interesting so I shared :)

he is around 7 months old (we've had him for a month) and he was 2 1/2 inches long ( and wide) and was 73 grams. Does that sound okay for his age?

we've had Yoshi for almost a month now, he's a CB 7 month old russian. Complete newbie to having a tortoise as a pet so I'm not sure...do his eyes look a little swollen? Eating, pooping, peeing normal. Nose is clear and he is opening both eyes no problem. I use a 10.0 Reptisun UVB tube lamp...

Just wondered if it makes sense to move the food dish every few weeks or too stressful for baby russian? I was reading another thread about keeping lights off a few times a month to imitate natural habitat, so wondered if the same could apply to having the tort find his food in a new place...

if you bought your tortoise, I'm wondering 1. How old was he/she and 2. How much did you pay for him/her? We bought our russian on November 21st as a 6 month old CB, and he was $500. My initial set up plus Yoshi was around $900!! I'm in Canada where you can't import them so I wonder if we pay...

He is just such a little cutie. We've had him about a week and a half and he is finally up more often and getting used to us. He eats well, don't really see him in his water dish, but I've soaked him a lot. He gets lots of fresh greens (spring mix, dandelion greens, kale, hibiscus leaves and...

I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing here for my baby russian. 1. I am using the reptisun 10.0 UVB tube bulb in his terrarium. I am moving the screen so nothing is blocking it. We've had him for 4 days now and he seems to be sleeping a lot more. He doesn't sleep in his hide, but...

I hope this worked! He is adorable and my whole family is already in love! Please let me know if anything should be changed. I live in Canada so he needs to be indoors right now. He is 6 months old. I've moved the screen to give him the proper UVB and I do keep the top partially covered. He has...

basking 99F, cool side 70F, warm side 80F and night 62F? I have a baby russian, came home on Friday. Thanks!

So our baby RT came home yesterday and he went to sleep in his hide around 8pm last night. This morning about 12 hours later he was still not out. Then I started to panic because I couldn't see him at all. He was down pretty deep in the substrate. So I'm assuming now that he's out and fine, that...

we brought my sons little friend Yoshi home today! "He" is an approximately 6 month old captive bread russian tortoise. He was so cute, exploring his home, he ate well and has now cuddled up for the night in his hide. I hope he continues to do well. I feel like a mom with a newborn again, LOL...

if you could please tell me name brands that would be great, pictures even better :) . Right now I have the ZooMed economy dual analog temp and humidity gauge. Thank you, I get to bring home our baby RT on Friday, so very excited!

I have a question on infrared heat sources. Tom mentioned that he didn't recommend using the infrared bulb that came with my tortoise starter kit. I am picking up my Russian (6months old) on Friday and I've set up the terrarium with the infrared light. I wanted to know why the infrared is not...

Hello, we are going to be bringing our 6 month old Russian tortoise home in about a week, and we have purchased the ZooMed tortoise starter kit. We are new to tortoise care! Below is the contents, it comes with a 40 gallon terrarium with a mesh top. Please let me know what you think of this and...

Hi all, My son Arjun will be the very happy caregiver and friend of "Yoshi" next week, a gift for his 10th birthday. Although he has read a ton on his own, because he is young, mommy has also had to learn all about Russian tortoises! we are so glad to have found this forum as we are going to...