Sjsarge
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Hi there. I got my Russian almost 4 months ago. He is most likely wild caught (unfortunately). He is very active, eats and drinks well. I'm concerned about his central scutes, they appeared to have some damage and are slightly concave. He has a calcium bar but I don't notice him eating. I'm thinking adding calcium powder would be a good idea but any other care suggestions? He eats organic dandelion greens, baby kale, and red leaf lettuce for the most part, and then in the yard munchies on some organic long leaf escrole, green lettuce, nibbles on strawberry leaves and roses every once in a while. He gets a couple soaks a week, he really hates them but he's getting better about them so I wonder if he should get more. Again he drinks everyday like clockwork after breakfast but he still has a heat lamp 
in the mornings. First couple months he lived indoors mostly in a 4x6 enclosure and was outside 2-4 hours a few times a week. The last month he has been outside 24/7, he has a heat lamp outside for mornings because we have cloud cover till about 10am. Highs in the day are mid to high 70's (yesterday 80) and night lows are around 68. He's super happy, very active. Just concerned these can become more of an issue, attaching some pics. The first couple pics are from this morning and then they get a little older back a couple months. Can't tell if it's gotten worse during that time, don't see a huge difference. Thank you.
in the mornings. First couple months he lived indoors mostly in a 4x6 enclosure and was outside 2-4 hours a few times a week. The last month he has been outside 24/7, he has a heat lamp outside for mornings because we have cloud cover till about 10am. Highs in the day are mid to high 70's (yesterday 80) and night lows are around 68. He's super happy, very active. Just concerned these can become more of an issue, attaching some pics. The first couple pics are from this morning and then they get a little older back a couple months. Can't tell if it's gotten worse during that time, don't see a huge difference. Thank you.
