We put him in a separate room, the only noises really are when people go up the stairs and when we shut the door. He had his head slightly tilted last night with his eyes closed and he hadn't burrowed like he normally does. He is checked on before I go to work and then again about 8hours later...
Okay so the lettuce didn't work, so I left him for a couple days. He just stayed by the door of his hide bit, eyes closed and tucked up, when I picked him up he didn't move so I touched his leg and thankfully that woke him up, I've put him under his heat/uv lamp and he is just sat there with his...
The people who found him tried to but had no luck. Where can I get a bulb that isn't coiled or compact? The breeder gave me a comapct one :/ thought they would have known better. It is quite small the tortoise table, we are looking into getting another one though. What plants do you suggest? I...
I would but he tucks it in, his eyes are bright and his nose is clear. Will go out and buy some lettuce see if that helps. Is it best to leave him alone rather than putting him in the heat etc?
He was found in a park, so not sure of his age but the person guessed around 8years of age, not sure how they got that age.
I am not sure if it is a coil light, it is under a black shade and I only got it on Thursday from a breeder :S
Is it okay to take him out and put him under the light or...
I've had my russian tortoise a week, he hasn't eaten anything, as far as I am aware he hasn't pooped, etc and all he does is bury himself in his dark area and sleeps. He has a basking light and uv light, the temp says 30°c and his dark area is 20°c. I have the lights on for 14hours minimum. I've...
Right his basking area is 33°c and his quiet dark area is 21°c. He has got fresh water, and food wise is carrot, fennel, cress, dandelion leaf mix all mixed up. He is still not eating or excreting. I don't know what else to do. He just wants to sleep all the time
Yeah I have, just wondered what you personally fed yours.
He was soaked for 15minutes yesterday, he didn't do anything though. I read somewhere that most urinate, could be wrong though. He just keeps burying himself amd staying away from the uv lamp
He hasn't eaten anything for a while, even before i got him on Monday. I've tried different foods and scattered them around the enclosure and nothing has taken his fancy. What substrate do you use and what are your tortoises diets? Thanks and sorry if I am being nieve, just want to get it right...
So what is wrong with his beak?
I've done some research and couple of the sights said said etc is fine and that they eat timothy hay. Tomorrow on my day off I am going to a reptile breeder to get advice and buy different things for him
The previous people used a mix of sand, top soil and then some timothy hay. I've poured water on to make it damp for him now. He is currently having a soak in luke warm water. Has only hissed a ccouple of times, otherwise he normally is fine
I am looking into getting a bigger tortoise table and removing the fake plants for real ones. He seems healthy just hisses at me. I am going to let him soak and spray his substrate to see if that helps him out. I know it'll take a while for him to settle in but just want to make sure I am doing...
He came into my works yesterday so I took him home, i know he needs to settle in but i haven't seen him eat or drink yet. he does burrow but I need to get him a few more things. We have put him in a separate room just in case we are unsettling him. Not sure on temperatures yet, need to get a...
Okay thank you. I am worrying about him, he hasn't eaten anything and just seems to want to stay in the dark head first in the corner. I am going to put him in a warmish bath later to see if that encourages him a bit and also dampen down the substrate. Do you think that'll help?
Okay thank you :)
TE="Careym13, post: 1179536, member: 54276"]Welcome to TFO!!:tort: Take a look at this care sheet while you are waiting for the members who own Russians to chime in (I keep Leopards). Glad to have you!
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/...
Hello all,
I am new to owning a tortoise. We had one come to my works and I decided to take him home. I know he is boy because of his tail. However I have a couple of questions if you guys could help :)
What is the normal behaviour?
What are the signs of ill health?
Do you have to hibernate...