axeman25
Active Member
Hello all,
I've been reading a lot of the threads on here which have answered many questions but has also raised a few.
The first is routines with the tortoises. I've read that they do get into a routine and just wonder if I should be doing things at around the same of day for them such as feeding? Life can be hectect around here and though I do make time for them everyday it's not always at the same time.
The second is just something that caught my eye in a thread. Hand feeding. I give them their food daily in a dish and they are eating pretty well, but the kids and I do enjoy feeding them some little extra by hand. it's maybe a couple times a week. I ask this because someone made a comment about their tort biting at their fingers and another peerson Said it may be from hand feeding but never gave any pro or cons about it.
The third is I was just wondering if I could take some detailed pictures of my 3 Russians and post them for you guys to look at (I may do it later when I have more time)? I think I would feel much better having you guys give me some feedback on their general condition than trusting theit previous owners word. I don't communicate with him at all (never really new him, just had a friend who did and suggested I rescue them from him) but some of the stuff he told me doesn Seem to add up. He said they have all been together since they were between 5 and 8 months old. Said they were cb but their shells look more like the wc pictdures I've seen. All three are between 4 and 5 inches. He says they are somewhere around 5 to 7 years old. I'm just not really sure. There shells could look like that because they've been in a 29 gallon glass aquarium all their life and it was just to small for the three. Not sure, just speculating. On Thursday I'll have had them for 3 weeks and have been making constant adjustments to their enclosure, food, light, Heating, and humidity.
I have a couple pictures that I've already loaded into previous threads but nothing really detailed of Pavel, Emma, and April. Any thought on this or request on what I should focus the pictures on is appreciated. Thanks again.
I've been reading a lot of the threads on here which have answered many questions but has also raised a few.
The first is routines with the tortoises. I've read that they do get into a routine and just wonder if I should be doing things at around the same of day for them such as feeding? Life can be hectect around here and though I do make time for them everyday it's not always at the same time.
The second is just something that caught my eye in a thread. Hand feeding. I give them their food daily in a dish and they are eating pretty well, but the kids and I do enjoy feeding them some little extra by hand. it's maybe a couple times a week. I ask this because someone made a comment about their tort biting at their fingers and another peerson Said it may be from hand feeding but never gave any pro or cons about it.
The third is I was just wondering if I could take some detailed pictures of my 3 Russians and post them for you guys to look at (I may do it later when I have more time)? I think I would feel much better having you guys give me some feedback on their general condition than trusting theit previous owners word. I don't communicate with him at all (never really new him, just had a friend who did and suggested I rescue them from him) but some of the stuff he told me doesn Seem to add up. He said they have all been together since they were between 5 and 8 months old. Said they were cb but their shells look more like the wc pictdures I've seen. All three are between 4 and 5 inches. He says they are somewhere around 5 to 7 years old. I'm just not really sure. There shells could look like that because they've been in a 29 gallon glass aquarium all their life and it was just to small for the three. Not sure, just speculating. On Thursday I'll have had them for 3 weeks and have been making constant adjustments to their enclosure, food, light, Heating, and humidity.
I have a couple pictures that I've already loaded into previous threads but nothing really detailed of Pavel, Emma, and April. Any thought on this or request on what I should focus the pictures on is appreciated. Thanks again.