
Ernie Johnson shares 16 years of experience caring for Russian tortoises, detailing diet, hibernation, health, habitat needs, and wild origins to help you become an expert.
Explore the Russian tortoise's native harsh environment and the four levels of successful husbandry, including indoor and outdoor pen setup, geology-driven feeding, and choosing wild caught versus captive bred.
Where does the Russian Tortoise come from in the world?
Discover the three regional variations of the Russian Tortoise based on the different environments in their native range.
The Topography drives the enclosure, the Geology drives the diet
Store Bought or Captive Bred and how to tell the difference between a Male and a Female
Learn to feed a Russian tortoise by mimicking its wild diet with backyard and grocery store options, and follow a high-fiber plan for GI tract health and immune support.
Choose a wooden indoor pen with a 3–4 inch 50/50 topsoil mix, line the bottom with plastic, add plastic plants, rocks, a hide, water bowl, uvb lighting, and humidity 30–50%.
Here's another way you can set up your indoor Russian Tortoise pen using 48 inch UVA/UVB and sun emulating bulbs and a Heat Emitter.
Master a high-fiber, calcium-rich vegetarian diet for Russian tortoises using yard greens and grocery greens, avoid fruit, vegetables, and commercial foods, and feed three times weekly with timothy hay.
Explore how to choose and care for a Russian tortoise, including whether to hibernate. Learn the ten-step hibernation process, preparation steps, and how to safely bring them out.
Identify the most common health issues in Russian tortoises: internal parasites, respiratory problems, soft shell, eye issues, and obesity—driven by incorrect husbandry and diet.
Discover how to deworm a Russian tortoise after a fecal check reveals worms, using bitter-tasting leaves to deliver medication and seeking a reptile vet for the right prescription.
identify nesting behavior signaling egg laying, ensure six-inch substrate, deposit three to five eggs, incubate at 85–89 f and 75–85% humidity, and care for hatchlings at 70–80 f.
Explore bonus videos on 2x8 indoor pens, quick 30-minute outdoor pens, UVB lighting, and enrichment for Russian tortoises, plus breeding and color-origin notes from Kazakhstan.
Understand the Ferguson zone to optimize UVB exposure for Russian tortoises using a solar meter to gauge zone two to three.
Russian Tortoise Husbandry
Russian Tortoise Care and Husbandry - learn where they come from in the wild and why it's the foundation of a healthy tortoise - learn proven tortoise husbandry techniques.
Do You Want To Learn The Right Russian Tortoise Diet and Indoor/Outdoor Pen Requirements Proven to Have a Russian Tortoise Healthy and Active for Years into the Future?
But not sure if you're feeding your Russian Tortoise the right foods or have the correct pen right now?
Wondering, because you seen it talked about on-line, if they really need to be hibernated?
If you understand feeding any animal the right foods dramatically increases its health and its interactivity with you. . .
. . . And if you understand the right diet along with the right indoor and outdoor pens is the most powerful means you have for having a healthy, interactive Russian tortoise.…
. . . Then having a healthy, interactive, long-lived Russian tortoise is simple and inexpensive to replicate - wherever you live.
Russian Tortoise Care
This training course will take you through the principles of Russian Tortoise husbandry and show you how to create a long-lived unique pet you can will to your grandchildren.
The course focuses on understanding how to keep your Russian tortoise healthy and active and shows you how to create a diet and pen for them that mimics their native environment.
Does This Sound A Too Complicated?
Not at all.
Once you have grasped the basic concepts behind my four levels of Tortoise Husbandry, you will find it very easy to apply them to caring for your Russian tortoise.
And I explain it in a simple and easy to understand manner!
Based On 45 Years of Real World Experience
These are not theoretical principles, I've applied them to both arid and forest tortoises species over many years and what I've done is distill that experience down to just the information and knowledge you need to be a Russian Tortoise expert.
Who Is This Course For?
If you are considering getting a Russian Tortoise, or a current owner of one, then this course is designed for you.
As a new owner, you will be able to setup the right pen and feed them the right diet with confidence.
As a current Russian tortoise owner you will be able to solidify your current knowledge and take the next step and see how easy it is to hibernate and breed them.
What Is Covered In The Course:
I will take you through the Four Levels Of Tortoise Husbandry.
I will show you what type of items make great foods items and how you can find up to 30% of the Russian tortoise diet in your own backyard.
I will take you through the best type of indoor pen and the two types of outdoor pens.
I will show you how you can hibernate and breed them successfully.
Join Me In The Course:
You have a full 30 day money back guarantee if you don't like this course and want a refund.
So join me on in these videos and learn how to create a healthy, active Russian tortoise you will enjoy for decades and need to will to your children or grandchildren!