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No air conditioning. I will try the 4 microclimate suggestion and I may turn the heat light off for a day and see what happens. I am also gonna try to get some mazuri just so he will eat something.

If they have Mazuri tort food at my pet store I will go get some. Do you soak it in water?

Lights are on a 12 hour timer

Could I try turning the basking light off for a day and see what happens? If the ambient temp in the room is 85 would it hurt him to turn the basking light off?

I have been soaking him in baby food carrots the last 5 days. We took him to the vet and she have us vitamins to inject and powdered food to mix with water and force feed. I can't force feed him for the life of me. We have tried for about an hour and he we can't pry his mouth open.

I try to soak daily bit sometimes can't because of work. Basking is around 100 and I have a reptisun 10.0 tube light. Coco coir/organic potting soil. Still putting out food but hasn't been eating. My condo (according to my thermostat) is around 80-85.

I have been told and we guessed that he is about 10 months old. We do not have a hatch date though.

He is a russian tortoise. And thanks for all the info everyone. Does 55 grams seen way to small. The vet says he should be 100grams at least?

Is it normal for my approximately 10 month old russian to slow right down in the hot weather. He lives indoors and has a proper basking temp and UVB but it has been extremely hot in my condo and since that he hasn't been active or eating much. (Kind if like hibernation) the vet says he is sick...

Sorry to hear that.

I know right. He is dead to the world at a 45 degree angle.

Yoshi loves to sleep propped up on objects. I call it angle parking. Does anyone else tort sleep on an angle??

So Yoshi survived my vacation. I couldn't relax because I was thinking about him the whole time but our tort sitter did a great job. He is actually a little more active than when I left but still seems a bit lethargic. Does hot weather affect appetite and activity? The only thing that has...

I think I have it. A 60w incandescent bulb keeps it at about 95. I have been giving him some vitamins orally that the vet gave me a few months ago. He seems to have a little more energy but still sluggish. Thanks a lot and I will update when I get back. Fingers crossed.

I am tweaking things around and gonna go buy some regular light bulbs of different wattage. Unfortunately I am going away for a week so I am gonna be worried about him for the next 7 days. I have someone house sitting but can't really count on them to do much more than feed and water him...

Thanks for the info. I usually have the log where the thermometer is sitting. He barely goes into it and he never hangs in the cool side. (Never has) Could I add a second log(one on cool side and 1 on hot side? He can get too much UVB? The bulb is 24 inches and the enclosure is 36 so I figured...

I am using a reptisun 10.0 tube and a 50w basking bulb

I adjusted the UVB and got a smaller basking bulb. The temps are still a little high. 100 basking and and 80 cool side. I only have a clamp light for basking so I dont have much room to move it up and down.

Thanks for the tips. I have tinkered a little but then I second guess myself. If it is a light/heat issue, how long would it take for him to be noticeably better?