Re: New Tortise in the family

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Posted by Greg_978 on October 10, 2001 at 10:34:23:

In Reply to: New Tortise in the family posted by Gayle McGuire on October 09, 2001 at 14:45:42:

: Hello everyone,

: I am sorry for what I am going to bother all of you about. We (my daugter and I), have been wanting a tortise for a long time. We got one today. It was a spur of the moment...the price was excellent and very unexpected. But we have been looking for a year now because I did not want to pay $100+. That is what they usually go for around here...I got ours for $17.99!!! The bedding and light cost much more than the little girl!!! Her name is Dora.

: Anyway, The clerk nor I have any idea what type of tortise it is. The creases in between her plates are a beige color and the top of the plates (highest part) are a dark brown/black color. She has 4 toes on the front and 3 on the back. If you need any other info. let me know because I don't know what else to provide. I have a picture that I can email...I did not add a link because I don't have a place to post the picture. If you have any idea what it is I would really appreciate an email, I want to provide it with the proper care...thanks in advance.

: Gayle

Congrats on the new tortoise. Sounds like a Russian to me also, they are the most common to be found in Petstores. Russian's are vegetarians, and dont eat any meat. Feed only vegetable matter, details of which you'll find on the links below.

You should take this tortoise to a qualified reptile vet for a checkup, as 99.9% of them are Wild Caught, and may have parasites. Usually they are wormed with a product called "Panacur"... make sure this is what your vet uses.

Once they are healthy, Russians are very hardy, stay relatively small, and are great pets, easy to take care of compared to other tortoises.

Good luck, and come back if you have any questions. Here's some more web pages to check out:

http://www.sonic.net/melissk/russian2.html
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~slowcoach/slow/care/vivarium/vivarium.html
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~slowcoach/slow/care/caremed/caremed.html
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/russ.html

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: : Hello everyone, : : I am sorry for what I am going to bother all of you about. We (my daugter and I), have been wanting a tortise for a long time. We got one today. It was a spur of the moment...the price was excellent and very unexpected. But we have been looking for a year now because I did not want to pay $100+. That is what they usually go for around here...I got ours for $17.99!!! The bedding and light cost much more than the little girl!!! Her name is Dora. : : Anyway, The clerk nor I have any idea what type of tortise it is. The creases in between her plates are a beige color and the top of the plates (highest part) are a dark brown/black color. She has 4 toes on the front and 3 on the back. If you need any other info. let me know because I don't know what else to provide. I have a picture that I can email...I did not add a link because I don't have a place to post the picture. If you have any idea what it is I would really appreciate an email, I want to provide it with the proper care...thanks in advance. : : Gayle : : Congrats on the new tortoise. Sounds like a Russian to me also, they are the most common to be found in Petstores. Russian's are vegetarians, and dont eat any meat. Feed only vegetable matter, details of which you'll find on the links below. : You should take this tortoise to a qualified reptile vet for a checkup, as 99.9% of them are Wild Caught, and may have parasites. Usually they are wormed with a product called "Panacur"... make sure this is what your vet uses. : Once they are healthy, Russians are very hardy, stay relatively small, and are great pets, easy to take care of compared to other tortoises. : Good luck, and come back if you have any questions. Here's some more web pages to check out: : http://www.sonic.net/melissk/russian2.html : http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~slowcoach/slow/care/vivarium/vivarium.html : http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~slowcoach/slow/care/caremed/caremed.html : http://www.tortoise.org/archives/russ.html

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