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Okay I will try that! Thank you!

I keep my Russian tort indoors in a sun room and I'm looking to keep him in there and not hibernate him. It's getting cooler and temperatures can be in the low 70° at night. Is there something similar to the covers you put on baby torts enclosures to keep humidity in, that I can put on my torts...

During this sluggish period is it normal for torts to not eat several days in a row?

What exactly is a CHE? Is that a bulb? Or the heating pad things?

Apparently it is normal for Russians to have a drop in activity but I'm just wondering for how long?

Hey guys I know I'm not the only one here who has been experiencing a decline in activity from my tort. Pretty much the last month now has been a lazy one for my guy. What I'm wondering is can we expect this "laziness" to last all the way until hibernation season is over? When will we be able...

Okay that is an interesting method! Keeping the clippings and stuff outside seems pretty simple. I thought to dehydrate you HAD to use an oven! Very nice! Thank you! Do you think that the vines of the watermelon plant will dehydrate well?

@prariemom could you explain your process? I can't find your post I will probably try both methods since I have enough!

Do you save any of the leaves by freezing or dehydrating? I just got ALOT of leaves/vines/flowers from a lady and its more than what my tort can eat before it goes bad. I don't want any of it to go to waste

Are the leaves/flowers/vines from watermelon edible for Russian tortoises?

Anyone tort owners from Natchitoches? I'd love to know where you get good food for your tort

What type of seeds are in that mix?

Also, is too much heat a problem when trying to grow the testudo mix?

Can torts eat bird seed?

Hey guys! So I really want to start getting a good supply of food for the winter for my Russian tort. I bought the testudo seed mix from tortoise supply a couple months ago and after two attempts to grow these weeds, I came out unsuccessful. I'm probably the only person on this site who can't...

My tort is doing this too... We did just move but the first month after moving there were no signs of stress from the move! He was eating like normal and was more active than I thought for being in a new enclosure. All of a sudden he started sleeping a lot and eating less. Apparently Russian...

The basking lamp was about 12 inches away from the ground and it would reach about 92°. I lowered it a tad today to see if that would help. I only have one temp gauge in the enclosure and that's for the heat lamp. I have another temp gauge for the entire room and the room at its lowest temp ever...

How quickly did your pads grow once you planted them? I bought a live pad off of amazon about 3 and 1/2 weeks ago and I'm just curious about how long it takes before new pads form

Well I am not a strong person! After 4 days of not even looking at his food bowl (he has confined himself to his hide and has been sleeping) I gave in and gave him more pumpkin. But after 4 days of not eating I'm starting to think there's more to it. Is he thinking that it's time to hibernate...

Ahhh gotcha. Well thank you!