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I have two russian tortoises. I'm in Marine City, Michigan. My blasted cat is making me give them up. When she was a kitten, she was good with them. Now that she is bigger, she is more rough with them. Plus, I adopted a feral cat. Not sure how safe they are around her. I need to adopt...

Sonya never did lay eggs. Within the last week to week and a half, Boris' life has revolved around three things: eating, sleeping and mating. I was under the impression that females will fight off advances made during mating. In fact, everything I ever read stated that. Boris is doing the...

Some info: My Boris is 5 inches wide. Sonya is about 6 inches. Recently (within the last week), Sonya has been incredibly active compared to normal. Her appetite has increased dramactically. She ate about 2/3 of a head of romaine lettuce (Boris got the rest of it). She then started...

I have not had a reliable hydrometer/thermometer for a long time (shame on me, I know). I ended up buying one today, an indoor/outdoor one from Lowes. Here's my readings: Cool end: 70.7 degrees Basking end: hovering around 93 degrees. Humidity: hovering between 55 and 59 percent. I am...

I am wondering what type of wood would be best to build a tortoise table out of? I live in south east michigan (if that matters). I want something affordable that's not going to cause health problems with my tortoises. I'm going to go through Home Depot for my supplies. Thanks! --Beth

Long story short: Dec. 24, I adopted a 10 year old cat infested with fleas (did not know about the fleas). Yesterday, I discover my youngest cat was infected. Today, I am treating all three cats with dawn dish soap bath. Spraying the living areas with a natural flea repellant (rosemary oil...

I have a question. Boris started bobbing his head at Sonya. Normally, Sonya would get as far away from Boris as possible because he generally tries to mate with her when he starts his head bobbing. Today, when he started his head bobbing, she did not hide. Instead, Sonya started head...

I have not been on in a while. Been busy figuring out why I'm always sick (good ol' food intolerance *rolls eyes*) and getting ready for the holidays. Gathered up some of my favorite pictures of my family, boyfriend included. Got a couple of Sonya enjoying pumpkin and catcus fruit for the...

I've had Boris and Sonya since Janurary, 6 months after my dad bought them from Petco and Petsmart (repectively). I just did the old push-em up against the wall and measure them trick. Boris is 4.5 inches and Sonya is 5 inches. Boris does not seem to be growing much. Sonya has grown by at...

The thermometers my dad had in the enclosure (which he gave me) have died. So much for the cheapo-delux stuff... I am wondering if any of these are any good? I kinda like the first one because it would be easy to quickly glance at the conditions with out straining my eyes to read the tiny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMXOuh_oPB0 This is just awesome! Heartwarming!

Today, I put up my two small Christmas trees, fake, of course. Boris and Sonya have never seen such a thing. I put one near their enclosure for fun. When the cat got done terrorizing the tree, the torts went to the edge of their enclosure and starred at it. They even cocked their heads...

Come this spring, I want to take my tax money and build me a new tort table. Here's what I have in mind. The substrate free zone is level with the substrate. The substrate is 8 inches deep. My boyfriend told me not to use screen windows. Instead, we're going to use plexi-glass. I'm...

Let me introduce myself and my "family." My name is Beth. I live with my boyfriend, Joe. We have two cats: Mooch and Patches. We have two Russian Tortoises: Boris (5 inches)and Sonya (5.5 inches). Mooch is 8 years old. Patches is a year old. We adopted Patches about a month before we...