Acquiring a Baby Russian Tortoise Tomorrow!

[Jessika]

Have no idea on how to care for one. When you get it, will you show us pictures? I would love to see it.

I will definitely show pics when I get him all set up. he's in a temp cage now until the weekend when I can get the "real deal". It's just a smaller tupperwear tub with newspaper lining it, a USPS box flipped upside down with a "doorway" cut out so he has somewhere to hide, and small dishes for food and water. Plus a basking light and UVB light, of course

I know dandelions are a great source of calcium and they grow wild here in Missouri -- but of course I live on the only plot of land in Missouri that doesn't have a single one!!!

[ramanth]

No advice, but congrats!!

My suggestion would be to find a toroise forum. It's what I did when I got hermits and I used all the photos of setups on there as inspiration to set up my own crabitat.

[Jessika]

I have been reading around but just wasn't sure if anyone here had any personal advice/experience with Russians. I think I've done so much research I'm good to go; I'm by far no expert but I'm definitely no novice, either!

[Karen]

Hee hee - I am sure if you have a house in the neighborhood with tons of dandelions they would love you to pick them regularly - Miss Hoppy loved dandelion flowers! The greens you can buy in Whole Foods stores and produce markets nowadays - they grow them for human consumption!

I am sure Grandpa Smith would be highly amused.

[GekkeGekko]

that's my setup there:-)
It works out really great for my Tor but however there's a problem with it; my oldest cat thinks it's a cat litter box;-( Might be solved by putting a net over the whole setup)....

[Jessika]

that's my setup there:-)
It works out really great for my Tor but however there's a problem with it; my oldest cat thinks it's a cat litter box;-( Might be solved by putting a net over the whole setup)....

You know, my instructor warned me about that, and living in a household with nine cats now (yes, nine!), I was very worried about it as well, especially since we haven't made a lid for his cage yet. Surprisingly, none of the cats have really displayed ANY interest in him or his cage, and even today when they got locked out of the laundry room (where their litterboxes are), one pooped in the corner of the basement and DID NOT use his cage... I was pretty excited. They're all behaving so well!

I need to take pics, but gosh I'm so bad about uploading them and posting them anymore!!