Hello are garden Daisies like the Shasta types with white flowers with yellow center ok for Russians?
What about Chrysanthemums- like the kind of Fall flower folks used to wear to football games? I read somewhere these may be a source of natural parasite control for wild Russians. I believe...
Hello-I am new to Forum and have adopted four beautiful Russians. Built a spacious outside enclosure in May here in lovely zone 7, Virginia Piedmont with lots of hides and visual barriers and rotating edible plants in and out for recovery lol.
Enclosure is near our bird feeders long edge of...
Tom-I I am new to the Forum and a new Russian keeper and really enjoyed your design and the pictures. I live in Zone 7, in Virginia where we have many temp variations. I think this design will allow for extending the typical full-time outside time which typically would run May 1st to October...
Wow you guys are great. I'm new and reason I joined was to help with my zillion OTW questions.
I live in Virginia zone 7 and we have plenty of Opuntia here you just have to look and it does grow like a weed albeit a sticky one. I found a huge clump outside our local Mexican restaurant and...
Thanks Yvonne. I am adopting my first Russian and all set to receive her. I'll post pictures as soon as I figure that out-haha.
I have always just saved our native ones but now my kids are going to college and I have opp to focus some on my interests.
Have always just saved things from the...
Wow I am brand new to the Forum and am not a real techie type. Reason I joined was for the knowledge and seems like a great group of folks willing to help out. I'm in Virginia and parts of our climate are very similar what with your foreign alien species the deer and brown trout. NZ has...
She is so beautiful. We were in San Diego last summer and got to tour San Diego zoo with one of the breeder experts it was very cool. Very different than our green. Southern Virginia climate. Wish you the best
I have been interested in a Russian tortoise and can provide a wonderful home for her. I live in central Virginia and will be glad to arrange to drive to Hampton meet to adopt her. I have nice space inside and outside and experience keeping several turtles and box turtles. She looks beautiful...