Recent content by Adkmoe

Thank you all for your thoughts. Once the dust settles, I would love any recommendations for a breeder that would Sell a healthy hatchling. Previous to the pet store purchase, we had looked for almost a year to rehome an adult, but we live in a rural area and we could not locate one within...

He is super stiff and rigid. And he was cold in his log. We put him under the heat lamp for a couple of hours, hoping that was the case but I really think he is dead.

We woke up this am and found Moe dead under his log hide. My poor sons are devastated- we all are as we have gotten attached to him. I’m just baffled and feeling so defeated as we tried so hard to make everything perfect for him.

Ok also do you think I should get a 100 watt bulb or lower the 75 down a little?

Ok I was thinking that too. Should I go get a 100 watt basking?

That makes sense as all my research has told me an enclosed glass tank can get too humid and potential shell rot. That’s why we built him this enclosure. I will keep doing everything. We have him soaking now. And hope for the best. Thanks!

Oh wow- ok I was told to run the basking and uv all day, which is what we have been doing. We also bring him outside whenever it is warm enough and he hangs out in this awesome screened enclosure we made him. So you are saying only run the uv a few hours a day?

The light is a 75 watt zoomed basking. I just called the local pet store and I might go get a 100 watt one...

We do have a little lean to hide on the cool side but he never ventures down there. Or at least hasn’t yet. He only stays at the warm end. We soak him a lot. Every other or every day but will continue that. He has one really low water bowl bc he never goes to that big one that they sold us and...

By the way, thank you for responding and caring about the situation.

I need to get an official thermometer but based on my kitchen thermometer we have been using, we are about 90 under the basking lamp and 70 at night. We have been misting him occasionally but maybe not enough? We really didn’t mist for the first few weeks and just started bc I was reading about...

Hello, we are new owners to a 1 1/2 year old male Russian tortoise. We have had him for about a month. We built him a big beautiful indoor enclosure- wooden, open top and have everything he needs in there. He has been doing fine ( definitely not very active- but we are new to tortoises and...