Introducing Izzy and her mama Whitney!

[Whitneyrae]

Hi! My name is Whitney, I live in southeastern Idaho. I am a college student and the proud mama of a beautiful Russian tortoise named izzy. She is still a baby, any advice is welcome!

 

[N2TORTS]

***WELCOME TO THE FORUUM **


We have lots of info... good times with plenty of smiles ....and oh yea "quite a few other Whitney's too" ....



JD~

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Whitney, and welcome to the Forum!

Unless you bought your Russian tortoise from a breeder, it isn't a baby. They don't get very big, and pet stores can't sell them until they're 4" front to back...so a 4" Russian tortoise is around 10 years old, or almost full grown.

There's a pretty good care sheet here:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-80698.html

 

[Whitneyrae]

Wow I had no idea, thanks Yvonne! Thats some great information, even though she's about half my age she's still my baby

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Whitney welcome to the TFO from AZ . What's your major in ? Great looking little tort do we get apict of its enclosure ? Have a great tort day !

 

[Whitneyrae]

Hey grandpa turtle 144! I am majoring in animal nutrition and dairy pharmaceuticals, I will try and get a good picture of her little home.

 

[HJ1983]

Welcome! I see you found your way around here as I've see you on my post and thought I'd officially come say hello! I'm new here too. I've had my tortoise for a month now and this is a wonderful place full of very helpful and loving people. I feel I'm in a good place here, and now you are too.

Good luck with your studies. I'm an older college student and am working on a bachelors in Mathematics and find myself on here when I should be studying Bio or calculus.

See you around!
-Haydee

 

[Instinct]

Hello Whitney, welcome to the forum!

Izzy is absolutely adorable. Russians are such comical little torts.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Whitney are you going to change it to reptile nutrition and help up date us all

 

[Whitneyrae]

actually Grandpa Turtle 144 through my nutritional studies I cover a large range of animals, I cracked my book open and started calculating the proper calcium/fiber/ rations for Izzy, if anybody wants nutritional advice (especially on horses, cats and dogs) let me know! My only cost is answering all my silly tortoise questions
I'm very excited to get to know you all! this is an absolutely fabulous place!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

hello Whitneyrae again what is Izzy's Calium/ fiber/ rations ?

 

[Whitneyrae]

I'm still playing with it, so I couldn't give you an exact percentage right now, I'm currently doing about 30% calcuim 60% fiber and 10% treats (fruit) I'm going to watch her urates and her behavior and do some more research and I will let you know how she likes it!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Whitneyrae remember children don't like peas but love candy

 

[Whitneyrae]

Haha but they neeeed the peas!