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I hope this photo doesn't weird anybody out, but I have decided to post here the prmary xray of my Jadely that was done in fine tunng the causes of her burrowing too much and not eating. The dark area, at least on top, is built up gas surroundng a small bit of stool. The xrays ruled out...

Looking desperately for opinions. I feel like I should have a PhD in Russian tortoses the last 8 1/2 years but while I have been worried before numerous times with my two and knew what to do, this time I'm getting real scared. I have had what they call life challenges the last few years and...

this is for my two Russians... Not being handy with a screwdriver, hammer nor powertool, my expanded (from last year) outdoor enclosure (used when I am not walking with them individual) today turned out to be a success. I leisurely, at snail's pace, put it up yesterday in 37 minutes. It...

I've been trying for weeks to upload a new photo to a new album but repeatedly get a 'server error; try later' type of message. I've tried Windows and Mac, daytime & late night. Could it be my photo? Any typical glitches w/high or low res., square as oppose to rectangular images, etc.?

As much as I am tying to keep my male and female separate to live their own lives and indulge behavior as the solitary creatures they basically are, I have noticed teamwork when they are together. When a tremendous amount of contractor noise/vibration the other day was present when they were...

Although sometimes it is necessary (like when constipation arises) to soak a Russian tortoise for a longer period in a non-escape-able tub, the ZooMed ReptiBowl (the largest one) is the best item out there as tort is more relaxed, doesn't freak out, can see out of it, quickly discovers he or she...

While the weather is still decent, I am sharing photos of a removable makeshift combo hide I put in on a whim along with other items in an also removable makeshift outdoor enclosure. My female Russian tortoise, the “grazer” as opposed to my male Russian tortoise, the “forager”, absolutely reacts...

With anyone with a Russian tortoise and interested in options while experimenting in outdoor enclosures, I'm starting a thread in the Russian Tortoise section of this forum.

Now suddenly being tort dad to two Russian tortoises instead of one, I wanted opinions out there (and I’m asking “everywhere”.) My male, Luna and new smaller female, Jadely are using the same hide at the moment, While Luna was still missing, she got used to it for two “nights” alone and Luna’s...

LUNA'S BACK SAFE AFTER 10 DAYS!!! My missing/lost tortoise, Luna is back home safe and sleeping with his new Tortoise bride, Jadely at this very moment! The details (half of which currently on one of my town's websites by another resident) of him being reunited with me were outrageous. After...

This is definitely not like me but the trauma of looking for missing Luna prompted me to get what I am pretty sure is a female to lure Luna back-oddly enough, was about to get a male to keep me calm through the search phase but this young alleged female tort looked pretty healthy, not afraid of...

Well I officially identified Luna (sold 4 years ago from this coming August 9th, 2015 as a female Russian tortoise) today as a male and have made arrangements with the State for his change in Permit/License details. We were pretty sure and discussed it last September but now I can definitely...

My Russian has been having dark green feces the last week and a half --in the beginning of this I was keeping track and then fractured my knee and therefore even more concerned cuz I feel less in control. She is eating fine though a little more romaine lettuce like she used to but still eating...

Current situation: Luna, whether picking up on my own or not, became very stressed the week before last-mainly from excessive activity/noise. I don’t know where to begin and thus is going to sound clumsy because I’m worried and there are too many issues. (Keep in mind though, there is no eye...

Last month I became formal owner/daddy of precious "Luna" (Russian tortoise-5 1/4") due to the untimely death of her even more precious former owner. She (and we were just beginning to think she's beginning to look like a "he" after both of us raising her the last 3 years). She has plenty of...