tortoise health movement

Hi, I am new to owning a Russian tortoise. I purchased one a week ago from PetSmart and brought it home. Its name is Benji. Benji has a large semi-translucent plastic bin filled with coconut fiber, a half log hide, a water bowl, a food bowl, and a basking rock. I have been soaking him daily in...

Just come on the forum for a bit of advice. Had my russian for almost a year, he's my first tortoise. He's housed in a vivarium with coco coir and orchid bark which is sprayed with water to keep the humidity at about 70%. Basking temp is 33C. Warm end is roughly 31C and cool end 23C. I let him...

Hey everybody! My daughter got an elongated tortoise recently, from southeast asia she tells me...she's put quite a bit of work into trying to learn as much as possible and take care of him, she loves the little guy! I was curious...I know she's read that they sleep a lot when young, but it...