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Hello, I checked on one of my female Russians and she has a large red bag like thing hanging from her vent. It's hard to describe and has a little blood on it. My vet is closed. Not sure what to do. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks

So I saw this on a CL site in my state and it's been eating away at me quite a bit. This guy wants to rent his tortoise out to school teachers so they can keep it in their classroom. I'm sure he'll insist on it getting the care that it needs too. Uhg. I feel bad for this poor animal...

Hello again, I got two more Russians from a couple that couldn't take care of them any longer. They brought them to me from two hours away along with a bunch of light fixtures, bulbs, and food/water dish which I thought was pretty cool. They are quite a bit larger than the three that I have...

Hello Everyone, Just kind of venting here a bit. I recently joined several Facebook groups for Tortoise lovers and such. I had to leave a couple of the groups just because of some of the info being given out and what some of these people were doing with their torts. I have pasted the link to the...

Hello All! So I had a very nice lady and her boyfriend bring me two female russians they could no longer take care of. They came from about two hours away and brought, the torts, several lightbulbs, light fixtures, and water/food dishes. There was no charge, they were just looking for them to go...

Ok, So this Sunday I have a nice couple bringing me two female Russians that they can no longer take care of. They have been kept in a 40 gallon breeder tank since their enclosure was ruined last June when their basement flooded. My question is about my outdoor enclosure. It is about 7'x30' and...

Hello everyone, I have a question................that I will get to after telling the story that leads me to ask the question. My wonderful neighbor lady a few doors down showed up at my door two days ago with what she thought was one of my Russians that had escaped from my outdoor enclosure...

Hello all! I have a few questions about an Eastern Box Turtle. I live in central Michigan and have three russian tortoises. A little earlier this evening my neighbor brought an Eastern Box Turtle down to me thinking it was one of my Russians that escaped. I live in a busy area, the neighbor...

Because of the possibility of having to move I have held off on making an outdoor enclosure for my three Russians. The last several days have been really nice here and I've felt guilty only giving them an hour or two of recess a day. I finally went ahead and made something for them to stay...

Hello everyone! I've been really busy lately and haven't had much of a chance to get on here. Things have been going really well with my three Russians, Pavel, April, and Emma. Emma was sick about 3 or 4 weeks ago, but thanks to the help from everyone on here, she is much better and is very...

Yes, me again. I have been feeding my three Russians a wide variety of greens and have to mix the zoo med grassland tortoise food with it to make sure they are getting all the necessary vitamins. They will not eat the zoo med alone. I have to moisten it and mix it. From what I've read, I'm...

These have all probabably been answered before I'm sure but I couldn't find the answers right off so I'll ask. It's starting to warm up here a bit (central Michigan) and I know I have a while before I can move my three Russians outside but that doesn't mean I can't start planning/building their...

So because I can never leave things alone I tried putting some cypress mulch in half of my tortoises enclosure to see if a little change would do them some good. Man, they ran (well, the way tortoises do) right over to that side and began to root and dig around with more enthusiasm than I'd ever...

Ok, one of my female russians (Emma) seems to be having an eye issue. I've noticed for the past couple days that she hasn't opened them at all when I check on her. They don't look really puffy at all, there is no fluid or wetness around them, but they look whiter than my other two. I am trying...

I wanted to pass this post I just saw along. The two pictures I saw of this Russian looked as if his beak has been seriously neglected. Can someone with more experienced take a look and confirm. I was thinking about contacting this guy. Right now I'm a little short on Cash but I may be able to...

Hello everyone! I haven't been on in a bit and it's NOT do to me having killed any of my tortoises. Lol. They are all alive and well. Just thought I'd update you guys on my brood since its been about two months since I got them. I continue soaking them several times a week just to make sure...

Hello everyone! I wanted to take a minute and just let everyone here know how much it really means that you take the time to answer peoples questions! I have spent A LOT of time here over the last couple weeks reading through the 154 some odd pages of threads. I read many of them and I must say...

Hello all, I've been reading a lot of the threads on here which have answered many questions but has also raised a few. The first is routines with the tortoises. I've read that they do get into a routine and just wonder if I should be doing things at around the same of day for them such as...

Well it's been about two weeks since I've got my male and two female russians. They've been doing good so far and I think both them and us are getting used to things. I'm still learning and trying to absorb as much information as I can. They have been eating here and there but I still am trying...

Hello all!, I am very new to tortoises, in fact, my first one's just got here about 15 minutes ago. I got them through someone who's friend was not able to take care of them anymore. They were shipped to me. The box was a little chilly as it is cold here in Michigan. I removed them and put them...