Hi, I am still fairly new here. I have a Russian Tortoise and I have had him for about 2 weeks now. His shell looks not that pretty like a baby sulcata's that I have seen at a petstore. I am not sure if that is normal? Well the other day I noticed that he has a piece of his shell chipped off. Also some squares looks like they can be pulled off? He has some skin coming off on his neck and head too I think. Is this normal? I am really worried about him. I give him a soak once a week so far. He has a cuttle bone in his habitat. And sometimes I sprinkle some calcium in his food. I am really worried.
Also I was wondering, since it is cold this time of year here in SoCal, should I not be soaking him too much?
His habitat consists of bark and some dirt they told me to buy at the pet store. Is that fine? What if I just put the bark in there without the dirt, is that okay too?
I don't know if it's just me or what but when I watch him eat sometimes he is slow. When I first got him he ate so much. But now is eats less. Is he hibernating or something or preparing? He does get faster at eating when he eats Romaine Lettuce though.
This is my first real pet and I really just don't want anything bad to happen to him.
He sleeps a lot too during the day. I don't know what other information I should give but just ask if you need more to figure out if something is wrong with him. I am mainly worried about his shell.
Oh and I have no name for him right now. It was Jack but I don't like that name for him so if you have some ideas on what to name him that would be great. Thank you!
Also I was wondering, since it is cold this time of year here in SoCal, should I not be soaking him too much?
His habitat consists of bark and some dirt they told me to buy at the pet store. Is that fine? What if I just put the bark in there without the dirt, is that okay too?
I don't know if it's just me or what but when I watch him eat sometimes he is slow. When I first got him he ate so much. But now is eats less. Is he hibernating or something or preparing? He does get faster at eating when he eats Romaine Lettuce though.
This is my first real pet and I really just don't want anything bad to happen to him.
He sleeps a lot too during the day. I don't know what other information I should give but just ask if you need more to figure out if something is wrong with him. I am mainly worried about his shell.
Oh and I have no name for him right now. It was Jack but I don't like that name for him so if you have some ideas on what to name him that would be great. Thank you!
