About Russian Tortoises

Since the dawn of time, reptiles have sought to rule the earth. With their cold blood and their scaly backs, reptiles have had their tail bent on world domination. In the prehistoric times, reptiles did rise to dominion and ruled over the earth with the T-Rex completely in charge. One day, the T-Rex met King Kong and through an epic battle accidentally turned the freezer on and began the ice age. Ever since then, the reptiles, having lost their original menacing size and wrought with a Freudian envy of other species, brood in jungles and cages all over the world waiting for the day that the reptiles will rise again.

In this free video series, watch as reptile expert Shawn Fay teaches all about the Russian Tortoises. Gain a knowledge of their history, how they breed, what they eat, how to find a cage, how to heat and light a cage, and how to keep the reptile healthy. Learn more about pet reptiles with these easy online step by step tutorials thanks to the experts at ExpertVillage.

"Welcome to Regal Reptiles and today we're going to talk about Russian tortoises. We're going to talk about every thing you need to know to choose and take care of your Russian tortoise. Russian tortoises are perfect pets because they only get about 10-11", this is about a 12 year old specism. He's only about 8 or 9" long he's going to get a little bit bigger and this is where you probably going to acquire this is a small Russian tortoise about 4 or 5". This is what you are going to see in a pets store we are going to tell you how to find a healthy animal. We are going to teach you about housing the enclosures that you need, the heating and lighting that you are going to need for your tortoise. We are going to talk about bedding, bedding is very important this is a proper bedding for your tortoise as well as diet and vitamin supplements. Russian tortoises are also called Testudo horsfieldii, that's a scientific name for Russian tortoises."