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Hello guys, Me and my girlfriend just moved to our new house with a garden. I brought my Russian tortoise (male, around 8 years old) with me, so he can finally enjoy outdoor and roaming time in our garden. At my new home I want to make a escape proof enclosure for him. I am also a control...

Hi everyone, Can someone suggest me a good timer for the lamps in my tortoise enclosure? Currently I am looking at the Dragon All timer. Does anyone have experience with it? https://www.blue-lagoon.nl/dragon-all-timer-7-daagse-schakeltimer.html Kind regards, Geng

Hello guys, I was cleaning the enclosure of my Russian last night (male, around 7 years old). I saw some whitish/grey thing in dirt. I thought it was a piece of her endive or poo. I picked up and it was very hard and solid, like stone. I washed the dirt off and it really was a piece of stone. I...

I have a male russian of around 6 years old. He has a good appetitte and eats everyday. Problem is he only eats when it is offered to him. So only hand feeding my tortoise will make him eat. Food I put down on his plate he ignores. I have a busy week with work and I'll be gone for 3 days. That...

How do you handle outdoor time for your tortoise? I moved to an appartment like 5 months ago. I used to live at my parents and they had a big garden. During warm sunny days I let my Russian tortoise roam in the garden for some sun rays and bigger space to roam. I took my tortoise with me when I...

Hello guys, Last weekend I've brought over my Russian tortoise (male, around 6 years old I think) to my parents house. They have a big garden for my tortoise to roam. Also the weather is quite nice and sunny this week. Temps is around 25 C (77F) in the afternoon, so it's quite warm and sunny...

Hello guys, I'll be moving to an appartment next week to live on my own. Ofcourse, I'll be taking my Russian tortoise with me. As I won't have a big garden, which my parents' house do have, I was wondering how my tortoise is gonna catch outdoor time and natural sun light. Neither does my...

Hello guys, I have a Russian tortoise, male and around 5-6 years old. Beginning this week he made a 360 turn in behaviour: from being very calm to very active, but not eating. The last few months my tortoise was very calm. Not strange I assumed, because of the cold and rainy weather. He would...

Hello there, I couldn't find any thread about this topic, so yeah: Is it okay to soak tortoises (in my case a male Russian) in warm tap water? Sometimes we would drink during his soaks. For us humans it is clear that warm tap water ain't healthy, but I'm questioning if it is okay for tortoises...

I have a Russian totoise, male and I estimate he is around 5-6 years old. For a year he has been very active. Even during the cold dark winter months last year he was more active than usual. However, I think a month ago, he has slowed down alot. He doesn't come out his hide to roam, eat or bask...

Hi guys, I'm planning to buy a light timer this weekend. I'm wondering which one to get. I can get this reptile brand timer which cost 23,- https://www.blue-lagoon.nl/dragon-all-timer-7-daagse-schakeltimer.html However, at the local home depot store I see timers for 5,- to 10,-. So much...

Hi, I have a Russian tortoise around 5 years I think. This week I've noticed there is a bit of shell peeling at his right leg. Is this something I should be worried about? Or is this part of the shell growth? He's still eating and active though. Regards, Geng

Hi guys, For 3,5 years I've been the owner of a Russian tortoise, named Tobi. However, after these years I'm planning to say farewell to my little buddy. He will get a new home at the Tortoise & Turtle Center, a place where these animals can get a new home when the owner can't take care of them...

Two weeks ago my Russian tortoise had a vet visit. He was very inactive and not eating aside hand fed dandelions (like for a month). The vet noted calcium defficiency, so after a calcium injection, new MVB and hand feeding him calcium powder rich dandelions and banana he got better and very...

After the MVB broke again last week, I went to the hardware store to buy some 75W bulbs. Surprisingly these 75W bulbs produce more heat and light than the lamps from the pet store I've bought in the past. Also these are muuuch cheaper in price. So my question: are pet store bought lamps any...

My Russian tortoise ain't doing to well lately: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/help-worried-about-my-russian-tortoises-behaviour.165666/ Sumarry: my tortoise stays hidden in hide all day long. Not coming out to bask or eat for almost 2 weeks. I do warm soak her almost daily, and after soaks...

For the past 2 weeks my Russian tortoise has slowed down considerably. By that I mean: - Not eating - Staying in his hide whole day long sleeping - Not coming out to bask When I come home from work (which is around 9 pm) I wake him up for a 30 min warm soak. Normally he would try to climb out...

They look like dandelion, but looking closer they are not.

I've heard that a water bowl can't be missed in a tortoise enclosure. My Russian tortoise of 3 years (?) has a water bowl in his enclosure. but he never makes use of it. The water has either evaported or my tort has kicked over the bowl or kicked dirt in the water. Instead I daily soak him for...

I've heard that endive is okay to be part of the diet of a Russian tortoise. Question is, which one? The green one: https://maxcdn1-nononsensecookin.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Andijvie-1-S-D-698.jpg Or the belgian endive...