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- Mansfield Nottinghamshire United kingdom
Please can I ask you your advise regaurding my Russian tortoise Clyde he as been active and eating well also plenty of wee and pooping daily however today he has not come out of his hide box for the first time in months he is just sleeping iv took the lid of the box and can hear him making a little popping sound while breathing there is no discharge or bubbles from noes his eyes not running but a little white puffy on the lids he lives in a wooden table with a plexiglass top which has got a hole cut out with the bulb heat bulb is above my temps are with temp gun on the substrate under basking spot 35/36c middle enclosure 30.5c cool end 25.1c and night around 19/20c my humidity gauge is reading 48% but the substrate feel really dry I usually mist the subrate daily but this did not seem to work so on Friday I poured about a pint of warm water in and mixed it with my hand the substrate felt moist but not wet the humidity then went upto 75% but after 2 hours gradually creeping back down to 50% i noticed the pooping sound around a week ago when I take him out enclosure to soak but he as not been unwell or no signs of being un well what should I do shall I take him to vet to be checked please advise welcome