I have a general question about my beautiful Russian Tortoise Shellington. I am new to tortoises so forgive me if this is a stupid question :-) (also, check out how sweet he is!)
Shellington has a strong neck when upright. He extends a ton and eats daily, etc... However, he likes to...
Thank you! We have a reptile spot light for heat and now a coil reptisun for UVB/UVA. He doesn't need head at night...doesn't fall below 65 in our house. Russians should be kept in below 60% humidity.... I appreciate the info on the sand. I will research and evaluate, then make an educated...
Thanks everyone. We did turn off the red light. Not needed to keep a nice thermal gradiant. The substrate is dr, not moist. It's a 60/40 blend of play sand and top soil. The sand dries it out nicely. We are excited and think we finally got the habitat right! Lol , I hope. We will let Shellington...
Hello. My name is Val and I live in Oregon. My newly acquired tortoise is a Russian Tortoise, approximately 5"...thinking 2-3 years old? He's a male and his name is Shellington (He's co-owned by my 7yr old son:). We recently lost our beloved bearded dragon (Sexy Rexy) to kidney failure. My son...