merlindatort
New Member
I have had my russian tortoise for about 6 months and when I first got him he would be out all day and climb on things and eat 2 times a day. I have just recently rearranged his enclosure to get him a better burrow to cool off in and now he only comes out at 8 am when the heat lamp and uvb turn on I feed him variety of greens he eats super good and then goes right back into his burrow and stays there for the rest of day and night. I thought that maybe his lamp is too hot but it’s about 80 degrees in the sunny spot and same with his burrow during the day but at night it drops to around room temperature. Is he too hot or cold? Is this normal for russian tortoises? He never will drink water out of a very shallow bowl so I soak him twice a week. What am I doing wrong?