Thanks for taking the time to reply, I’m following all of your advice on brumation that you posted as all the advice on what to do when we first got Lucky is the reason we feel he’s done well so far 😊. Turns out he’s a lovely, friendly little fella / lady (?) and we want to do right by him...
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I’m going to jump in here and hope one of you tortoise gods can help with a couple “double check I read it all correctly”.
Our little Russian Lucky has done well since we got him in June (when he was in our opinion way too dry and underweight) and has gained weight and grown quite a bit...
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I posted back in June, when we got our tiny apparently 1 year old tortoise weighing only 26grams at about 5cm.
I’m pleased to report he / she is doing ok and is now weighing 44g and has grown quite a bit.
He / She enjoys all foods, has a bath every day and the closed chamber with the...
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So Lucky is doing ok I hope, 31g now, he LOVES his / her food, especially the little (tortoise friendly) plants I put in his currently open enclosure. Still nervous about his low weight, but what more can we do.
I have now acquired vivarium on E-bay, which is now “quarantining / being...
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Not sure if this post will come up as an „update“, but here I go…we’ve had some weight gain, now on 30g which is obviously still waaaaay low, but a gain is a gain! My son named him Lucky…great choice of name hopefully!
The guy where we bought Lucky still maintains he’s 1 year old (gulp!)...
Thank you all for helping me keep some level of sanity through this awful mess of horrendously conflicting info as mentioned above…but here we are, he / she is in and we won’t give up easily😉
2 more questions please:
1. Any idea on whether the age I was given was wrong or whether he / she is...
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So after doing A LOT of reading on here as my gut told me the advice at the shop from a „highly recommended reptile expert“ did not stack up, I’m now very worried for our new little tortoise who moved in 3 days ago as a pet for my 9 year old, who already loves him so much, which makes it...