New Tortoise Owner from Texas

Bartlebie

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We recently adopted a new Testudo. I feel like I have hundreds of questions, so I'm glad we found this forum. To be honest, we aren't even certain which kind he is.

Hello everyone from Texas.
 

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Yvonne G

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Hi, and welcome! It's a little Russian tortoise, Testudo horsefieldii. Here's our care sheet:


If you want to go back to it again and again, it's pinned towards the top of our Russian tortoise section.
 

Bartlebie

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Hi, and welcome! It's a little Russian tortoise, Testudo horsefieldii. Here's our care sheet:


If you want to go back to it again and again, it's pinned towards the top of our Russian tortoise section.
Thanks! Russian is what I thought, but my wife thought it was Greek. I will go check that out right now. Just by looking at this forum for most of the morning, it looks like I've done a number of things right, but unfortunately a number of things wrong. But we've only had him for a few weeks and the temperature and hide and humidity and UV and day light hours all seem correct, so I think we can recover!
 

Jan A

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Thanks! Russian is what I thought, but my wife thought it was Greek. I will go check that out right now. Just by looking at this forum for most of the morning, it looks like I've done a number of things right, but unfortunately a number of things wrong. But we've only had him for a few weeks and the temperature and hide and humidity and UV and day light hours all seem correct, so I think we can recover!
Welcome to the forum. You have yourself a cutie! We love photos!!
 

Ray--Opo

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Welcome, you are on the right forum. Lots of experienced and knowledgeable members here.
 

Jacqui

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Hi and welcome. Everything is a learning process and we all keep learning and evolving.
 
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