Hey friends! I have a Russian tortoise, and recently just moved to a different city. Unfortunately with it being the desert, at night starting in a couple weeks it’s going to start dropping into the 40’s. I bought a ceramic heat lamp, that produces no light to turn on at night for him. My question is, now I am worried about rain getting it all wet. When it rains, it rains hard. Can anyone help me come up with a solution on how to keep this power cord/his enclosure dry??

I'm looking after a friend's Russian tortoise for a couple of weeks and need some advice about him pacing. I've had him since yesterday and for the last couple of hours he's been pacing back and forth in his enclosure and trying to escape his pen. I let him out to wander around the living room for a while, but he's still pacing and the sound of him clawing the wood of his pen is driving me mad.... Does anyone have any experience of this? I've done some research and I think it could be either he's under-stimulated or maybe trying to get home as he's unfamiliar with his surroundings. He's eating fine, going to the toilet and not hiding in his shell. Should I just leave him to get settled in?

Do you know what these are and is his/her shell ok?

Hey yall so I have a Hermann tortoise and he's about a year old, he's doing really good but we are struggling to find that perfect soil mix, now we've used coco coir and now we are using repti soil, not a huge fan of other so I would love some of yall mixes you use, so we can figure out what to get him next!

The very tip of the tail is white and I’m just wondering if that’s okay/ normal

Please help, I'm at a family member's house amd their tortoise is crying :(! I heard it is because someone that took care of the tortoise and gave the tortoise affection every day left, can someone please say how i can cheer the lil guy up?

New owner of Russian tortoise need some advice…what is best substrate bedsides of-course orchid bark…I have used many substrates like top soil and orchid bark I did buy some coco coir haven’t added it yet. What else works??? Also have a indoor tank but want to build outdoor enclosure at my temporary place so nothing too special something temporary for outside living until I can actually get permanent home where I will go all out on an outdoor enclosure making it a paradise for little guy. Just needing some ideas and examples of other outdoor enclosures for tortoises so please share pictures and advice it will be much appreciated.thanks. 🐢 ❤️

I have two Hermann tortoises, and they live outside in my garden. They're about 5-7 years old. Few days ago it suddenly became very cold and rainy, and since they are outside, I don't know if I should bring them inside. My mom says it's not needed, since they have a little wooden house that's filled up with leaves, cut-up wood thingy for hamsters, I think it's sawdust...? It's about 10-13 c° and everything's wet from rain. Does anyone have any advice? I don't know if I should feed them too, because they may are getting ready for hibernation. Thanks for answering! (⁠•⁠ө⁠•⁠)⁠♡

Basically, while my pet tortoise was eating, I saw something reddish on his front legs, and I realised it couldn't be rubbed off. For context my tortoise is pretty energetic and outgoing, so he does a lot of climbing, could the reason for the possibly because of his climbing habits?

Either way I will be taking him to the vet, though I would like to know more.

Cross posting from r/landscaping. Pudding was killed by someone putting acid over a fence!!!