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When i got him they said he was 10 months, buy im not sure, he looks older. How old is he? He weighs 56 grams

Just a little bragging update on our rescue three years later. Shes been doing so good and im so proud of the growth shes made!

Tortoise drawings >:D

I heard two males aren’t supposed to be housed together. So I’ve been keeping a good eye on them to watch how they behave. They both share food really well. They both share everything in the habitat. The habitat is smaller than I’d want but I’m nearing completion on building a much much larger one. They sleep next to each other, sun bathe together, walk the habitat together. I think they’re gay. lol

I think they’re about 5 or 6 years old now, not too sure. I’ve had them about a year now. They’re siblings. Not sure when behavior starts to shift into one trying to become more dominant.

This cutie seems to live in my backyard. I have seen him/her randomly in my fenced backyard over the last few years.

The yard is pretty large (about .5 acres) and I noticed that he/she is often in the bushes next to the house. I need to clear those overgrown bushes but I don’t want to leave this guy/girl without a safe space.

Should I try to build him a little house where the plants and bushes were? I am in the US (South Carolina) so it gets pretty hot in the summer. I see him/her out and about in other areas of the yard, but the last time I cleared the plants and bushes up against the house I saw him there and think I took his/her home.

Any ideas you can share would be greatly appreciated. I want to make sure he or she is safe and happy.

found this guy or girl yesterday in a parking lot :( I have checked to see if anyone is missing it, but it seems no one is. I plan on keeping it! I’m not new to to the herp world, but I am new to Russian tortoises. looking for tips & advice for taking care of this tortoise! vet appointment is scheduled. thanks!

He's been hard at work on his first burrow all summer. Im planning on getting a camera that can go inside for an update. Its already several feet deep + long!

Hi, it's been 4 years since I have Nori with me but the reason I'm thinking about giving it to someone is that I'm going on a long trip I don't know when I'll be back so if anyone loves tortoise and knows how to take care of them you can msg me!!!

Also she's a little scared of cats so I wouldn't give it to someone who has cats in their home.

I live in Arizona and I found this little guy crossing the road this morning.

i neede more advice in terms of how do i know if my Tortoise is hungry? i literally just got him and i was wondering if he's hungry or not he did Poop and pee already (he ate grass i can see from the poop) i wanted some advice on how do i build a relationship with him cause he's shy (i have a indian start Tortoise i also don't know if it's a HE or a SHE it's tail is pretty small not big so idk)

Lost my tortoise outside in an area that blends in with his shell. I saw on another tortoise site that someone else used a thermal imaging camera when something similar happened to them. Are there any companies or models anyone on here could recommend? He is a medium sized Russian Tortoise

Im doing a sepperate post abt this, so my friends hermanns tortoise is 10 months old and its soft, she wants to take him to the vet but tgere isnt any vet in the COUNTRY, what should she do (she doesnt have reddit im helping her)

So my friend got a 10 month old hermanns tortoise and wanted go ask reddit for help but her parents dont allow reddit so im helping her. So today when she was soaking her tortoise, she squeezed the tortoises shell slightly just to check if its hard and she told me that the sides of the shell are flexible/slightly soft and got worried.

She feeds him lettuce, grass, dandelion leaves, and different leaves.

She soaks him every day for 10 minutes with warm water.

She has a heat lamp but not a uvb lamp, yesterday she ordered a new uvb light (t5 uvb light 12% or smth) and it will need a month to arrive.

The tortoise doesnt have any kalcium supplement but she will order some.

The enclosure is 100cm x 70cm and the subtrate is soil and its moist.

So im super worried since its my first time having a hermanns tortoise and i have 9 months with him,(he is 9-10 months - ish old) i have everything he need like uvb heat food water etc. So today i squeezed his shell on the sides and was kinda flexible and just a bit soft (not on the top of the shell), but it comes back to shape. Same thing for his plastron. He is active, eats well and drinks water. I saw a similiar post made recently and OP had the same situation, comments said its okay but i think my tortoise is too old to still be slightly flexibly but i might be wrong. I dont know if it was like this before because i never check (please dont judge). If u have any idea if its something serious or harmless please tell me!

I have a Greek tortoise and he's currently in a 24.5x70.5x11.5 cage that used to be a bookshelf and has been repurposed. To make the space look better (and give him more sq footage) I'm wanting to build a new cage. That being said would love any input!

My current ideas:

The ramp would be 43.69 inches long (but at a 37 degree angle so it's only 37 inches across giving him ~6-7 inches of room to get onto the ramp). Does this seem doable? Does anyone have something like this? I feel confident that I could build this, but unsure if it would be better for him. He'd gain sq footage, which is good and IMO it would look better than his cage rn. That being said, if it isn't good for him/what he'd want, then i don't want it.

Things to note: I've had him for ~13 years but he's probably 5-10 years older than that. He's currently ~6 in long and ~3-4in wide. He's quite active and loooooves to climb anything i put in that cage.

I know what they are. But they’re also my “turtles.”