Kaitlynn
Member
My fiancé and I got a russian tortoise hatchling awhile back and love him so much. But I never expected my fiancé to share the love that I have for these amazing shelled species. Well tonight, we went to a county fair and played a tossing game they had (you usually win a teddy bear or a goldfish or something like that). My fiancé threw the ping pong ball and he made it to the center container (grand prize). Wow right? The guy handed us a plastic bag with water and a tiny baby RES turtle. All I could think of was how cruel to carelessly practically hand out helpless baby turtles to careless and ignorant people, even little kids. My fiancé immediately said we are keeping him and giving him a home he deserves. So now we have a new addition and need some advice. It is currently midnight as we are getting home so we are going to put him in a Tupperware container for the night with access to some swim able water and dry ground. Tomorrow we are getting him his own tank and a landing and obviously his own lamp system. I don't dare simply google RES care because of all the misguided info I could have gotten into with my Russian tortoise that way. This forum has helped me a lot with my RT so I know I will get the advice I need and what's best for our new addition. I have taken a picture I will add as well. We decided to name him Spike.