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!Hi, and welcome! It's a little Russian tortoise, Testudo horsefieldii. Here's our care sheet:
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...tortoiseforum.org
If you want to go back to it again and again, it's pinned towards the top of our Russian tortoise section.
Welcome to the forum. You have yourself a cutie! We love photos!!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!