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Thank you!! That means a lot. And yes, I believe there is always room for improvement with us.

I have had my Russian since the beginning of June. I found out I was completely caring for him the wrong way! I got really scared, so I stumbled upon this beautiful, helpful website. I'm in high school and I have a job, but I'd say I get pretty tight on money. If you check out my other threads...

Yeah! A coworker of mine breeds Russians so he's going to help me build an actual tortoise table. Our dimensions for that so far are 3 feet by 6 feet, so will that be plenty of room for my tort? He's technically an adult, and is roughly 5 inches in length so I was really thrown off when someone...

sweet! I just spent a good $150 on items both on the Petco website and on Amazon. I'm currently working on what I really want for his tortoise table, but I see so many great ideas on this website that I just cant choose. It has to at least fit through my door but from what I've been told, Dipper...

Really?? My vet told me he was around 3!!

goodness, I love these forums but I totally feel like I'm not the best tortoise owner. I really want to start fresh with Dipper's habitat, but I don't know where to even start or how much it'll cost. my vet told me he's around 3 years old, but I have him in a 40 gallon rubbermaid tote with a...

I didn't realize I had to soak him so often. Is it bad that I've been doing it like once every two weeks? that's what I was told.

I just have a lot of questions about everything that but I don't always have a lot of time to research everything, but much of it is very basic stuff but since I get so many different varieties of answers I really don't know what is more reliable etc.

Thank goodness!! He's loving the attention. At that time his skin was very flaky and my vet told me it was because I was supposedly taking better care of him than his previous owner, so I'm hoping that's all it was.

Thanks so much!! I've had many pets (really only cats though), but I've always admired reptiles, especially tortoises and i did research but when i actually got Dipper I thought I did everything wrong. I feel like I'm a mother to him and I just worry too much about things.

I also just have many general questions that I can't find answers to online, and they probably are obvious but I'm such a worrier that I feel like I need to start taking notes.

Okay, I will read that!! I do soak him like once every two weeks, should i be doing it more? it's also only for like a little under ten minutes since he gets so antsy in water. Currently, the average weather around this time of year is 35-45 degrees, but then snow is here from maybe mid-november...

I have a Russian, and I live in Minnesota so I wanted to at least give him the best habitat living indoors. He's roughly 3 years old, but I've read so much about enclosures that I really don't know what I should give him (preferably portable because I'm moving out in about a year). I've seen...

thank you, that really helps! i'll definitely look into those websites c:

that's a great idea, thanks!!

she doesn't use pesticides and i just sit outside with him and watch him since it isn't fenced in.

when i do take him outside, my neighbor always welcomes me into her yard because she's freaky obsessed with plants so both her and i know what's safe for him to eat. i'm hoping within a couple of years i can provide a home like that; mostly outside. i just wasn't sure if that would be too long...

i live in minnesota.

thank you so much!!!

i have a tort named Dipper, and he's like my child. i've had him since the very beginning of june, and he's roughly around 3 years old now. i have spent hours researching what i should be doing but i still feel like i'm not doing good enough? i'm in highschool and i have a part-time job, but i'm...