what speices is my tortoise please

[whitea34]

Hey we got our tortoise a few days ago. Our vet has aged it at around 6 but not sure what speices it is if any 1 could help? Thanks

 

[laney]

Looks like a horsfield/Russian
Is this your first tort? They are brilliant little characters! They also love to dig so I'm sure he would love some top soil or cococoir as a substrate rather than the wood chip things

 

[whitea34]

Great. Thank you. yes its our first as a family. My wife used to have 1 as a teen but any tips u can give will be great full. How deep should the soil be by the way?

 

[LeopardTortLover]

About six inches (I think!)

 

[laney]

A few inches anyway, i normally go as deep as I can safely allowing enough head height and extra so he can't climb out.
If you take some pics of your enclosure I'm sure everyone can help you get on the right track
What are you doing for food, light and heat at the moment?
P.s we love pics so get snapping lol

 

[Bobo's Dad]

Looks like a russian. Lot of green on his back!


0.0.1 Baby Bobo Russian

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I find it funny that a vet can guess the tortoise to be 6 without knowing the species.

Lol

 

[biochemnerd808]

What a handsome little tortoise, and it looks to be captive-bred, judging by the shell and growth.

It's so hard to tell a tortoise's age, unless the actual hatch date is known. I'd give a broad guess of 5-15 years old. So young, but not a baby.

Feel free to ask questions on here, and there is also great information on www.russiantortoise.net

Hey we got our tortoise a few days ago. Our vet has aged it at around 6 but not sure what speices it is if any 1 could help? Thanks