Recent content by MichaelL

Just because it technically is not part of their wild diet does not mean it isn't a natural diet. Also, we do not actually want to replicate their wild diet perfectly- we want to improve it through more nutritious greens than those that are found in their home range. In the wild, for many...

I always opt for the closest to natural diet you can do. My Russians right now have been eating lots of weeds like plantain, virginia pepperweed, florida pusley, sow thistle, cudweed, hawksbeard and others along with squash leaves, mulberry leaves, kale leaves and other garden greens. I think...

Yeah I think it is fine and normal. As he gets older he'll start to be more brave, hiding less and venturing out more. Just provide a lot of plants or fake plants so he feels comfortable.

Do you have pictures of the tank? Babies like to hide a lot so I'd think it is normal. Is he eating normally?

Sorry, for some reason attaching photos is really weird. Not sure if that worked either

Sorry the pictures were not working in what I previously posted, hopefully this should work. Shell rot: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c55c11bb5d&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1787835503640323072&th=18cfaaeb0f502400&view=att&disp=safe Abrasion damage...

Hi, good question as sometimes it can look similar. One way I kind of tell is that with abrasion damage you can kind of see the flakiness of the scutes and you could almost peel some off. It does not generally look fungal, is completely dry and it is not spreading. Shell rot begins on the...