Russian Tortoise Question

Since nobody looks down there...


Right now I have a 55 gallon rubbermaid container, with 1 third bed a beast, with hay on top and 2 thirds sad with an MVB(mega ray) bulb to provide heat and uv light.

I was wondering I live in an apartment on the third floor and curious to see if I could put a plastic kiddie pool outside with play sand and the bed a beast part.

Just wondering if this would work, I live in Phoenix arizona, right now with winter coming up we are looking at 85 day time temperatures, with 65 degrees at night.

Your thoughts please, thanks really appreciate it.

Oh my russian tortoise's name is Donnie, she's so cute and small(aren't they all) on a diet of mustard greens/collard greens/turnip greens and occasionally carrots., with sprinkling of calcium + D3. Had slight MBD but that is going away also had pin worms but those are gone.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Sorry I can't help, but you could try pm'ing patsy (k9kidslove) as I'm pretty sure she's got loads of torts including russians.

Tortoises are much harder to keep than beardies. They have specialized diet which should be high fiber, low protein plants. Which means you have to feed them hays, edible wild flowers and weeds and lawn grass. Furthermore, they need to be outside when weather permits and allow to cool down to hibernate. If you do not hibernate they can become seriously ill and go off food and may eventually died. Here is a good link about how to keep tortoises and turtles: http://www.anapsid.org/mainchelonians.html Hope you find it useful.