EASIEST REPTILE ! ,🐢🦎RUSSIAN TORTOISE - CARE GUIDE

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Here's a complete care guide for your Russian tortoise, worlds easiest reptile pet!

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Just got a Russian Tortoise tonight! His name is Enzo. He had a stressful day but he is camping out right now under his log. He is about as big as a sandwitch.

dferrari

Thank you so much ! You’ve helped me so much I’ve just rescued one

Greenpumkinpie

I'm so into these tortoises that I'm thinking of getting one, and definitely taking notes!

kaleta

As far as handling goes, there are ways to build trust with them so that they feel comfortable being handled - it's very useful to do this so that you can easily check their shells, eyes, nose and tail without stressing them out, as well as keeping them calm during vet visits, which you should do at least once a year especially if they are kept outside to check for parasites and just for a general check up. I always start by hand feeding them a couple of leaves or some carrot shavings for a treat to show to them that I'm not a threat - but it is important to hold the food at a distance and allow them to come to you (also watch your fingers, those beaks are sharp!), then over time as they get more comfortable being around me I will very occasionally give them gentle strokes on their shell, only for a few seconds at a time, and if they put pull their head into their shell or move away from me I stop straight away so as not to stress them out. Then eventually they will allow me to give them a little head rub, and in some cases a little chin rub. I also sit next to their enclosure and talk to them so that they get used to the sound of my voice, which they do recognise over time.

We have two very young Horsefield's that already come out of their hides and to the edge of their enclosure to greet me and love to get a head rub, never flinch or run away, and also never panic or pee when I pick them up (as long as it's not sudden or when they've just woken up), just from patiently taking these steps to get them to trust me. We also had an older female (we unfortunately lost her in November) that my fiance had had for over 10 years, we're not sure how old she was because she was a rescue, but she had some serious health problems when she got her and was extremely timid, but in the last 4 years that we had her, she would literally refuse to go to sleep until she had been allowed to come out and have cuddles with my fiance because of the level of trust she had built with her.

I think it's extremely beneficial to both you and your tortoise to try to build that trust - but it takes a lot of time and patience, sometimes years, sometimes just a few weeks. I have one that took us over a year to be able to even go near their enclosure without her flinching, while another would literally climb onto our hands within a couple of weeks of us having her. Everything just has to be done very gently and with moderation, but most Horsefield's will over time be very forthcoming.

unLUCKY

This was really helpful. I just got a Russian tortoise male that someone was rehoming two days ago. I am working on building him an 8 by 4 ft tortoise table. The one he came with was quite small so I have been trying to let him wander around the room and outside some but he only seems to want to hide when I take him out.

helviriiska

Please make more tortoise videos. 🐢 ❤
Tortoise handling video would be great!

patchu

Hey new to the channel Great video very helpful you actually one of the very few people that tell the good side to keep them and how amazing that are keep it up 👍

andrewcarroll

I made my tortoise a hideout from a potatosack whith some plaster of paris. I took some huge books, taped them together in the shape I wanted and put it in a trashbag. Then I plastered stripes of potatosack whith the gipsy on top of that and left it to dry. My tortoise scrapes her beak on her house to keep it neat and healthy, it is not toxic for her couse plaster of paris has to be food regulated in germany and it is basically just calzium.

Jesus_Wojak

This was great, thanks! You said you were going to make an incubate and hatchling care video but I dont see it! That would be awesome from you!

snrstudly

I have 5 reptiles and they are so cute

danielromero

I might be getting a Russian tortoise, I have been researching a few days now, and I’m so excited ;)

xangelgaming

I enjoyed your video sand learned a lot. Best I’ve seen yet.

cathywade

I was told that certain types of lettuce and greens are not good for them like Iceberg lettuce, spinach and bok choy.

jocelynharris-fxho

Thank you so much! This video is extremely helpful! 🤩🤩

resonatingserenity

Izabella, thank you. It was very helpful. Please make the video about feeding your tortoises. And one more: how to prepare a tortoise to hibernation?

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