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    Russian tortoise not active??

    yeah that's what i thought aw well but it really looked like he was trying to drink something, okay i will stick to the water dish, yeah he used to like to self soak but now he never does it, the water bowl is flush with the ground as well, it is just so strange to me that he used to love his...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    Okay i will try that, i just gave pebbles a mist and then he walked over the his water dish and i thought yay he would finally go use his water dish (he used two drink from his water dish so much through out the day and just walk through it and have fun but now he doesn't use it at all) but in...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    He eats great so i don't think i will have to put anything on his food but thanks!! i have tried coco coir and it is just way too dusty for my liking, and top soil is much less dusty even if i spray it it get's dusty very easily. No i do not give extra heat at night because our house stays...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    they do not carry fir bark here, except for the reptile bark at Petsmart i have tried it before and and it didn't hold humidity as well as i wish it could but i guess i could try it again if that is the best option.
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    where i live they do not sell cypress mulch it's really annoying because i have always wanted to use it, the only thing we have is super expensive cypress mulch in a tiny bag from petsmart.
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    from all the research i have done just plain potting soil seemed like the best option, but if you have any good recommendations for a good brand of dirt that would help
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    Here is the picture
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    Yeah my box turtle is crazy she is taring her enclosure up climbing everything, etc. when i first got pebbles she was eating great but always liked to stay burrowed all day than she stopped eating food which is very strange for pebbles, i fed her some baby carrot food and did other stuff (i...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    The substrate is organic top soil or potting soil some kind of soil, there is no perlite in it or fertilizer. pebbles is eating great he will eat just about anything lol. i will defiantly try the strawberry or hibiscus with my box turtle she used to like strawberries but now she only like earth...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    today i sprinkled some calcium powder on her food so that is the white stuff on her
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    Basking temp is about 95-97 and goes down to about 72 on the cool side and 70 at night, i feed pebbles romaine, endive, radicchio, collared greens, cactus pads, dandelion greens and clover in the summer because they do not grow in the winter. i give pebbles some Missouri tortoise diet LS once a...
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    Russian tortoise not active??

    Hello! i have a 1 and a half year old russian/Horsefield tortoise i have had Pebbles (the name of him/her is pebbles) for basically her whole life i get pebbles when she was 3 weeks old 1 inch when i got her now she is 1.5 inches i feel like she should have grown a lot more by now. (and yes i...
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    HELP!! unusual swollen cloaca/ tail area

    i thin i think i'm going to buy Reptaid it sounds really good.
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    HELP!! unusual swollen cloaca/ tail area

    I don't know if you have seen this but if looks like it could help . i have seen some people use Panacur for bearded dragons also.
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    HELP!! unusual swollen cloaca/ tail area

    maybe i can email a reptile vet and ask, although i don't know if that would be rude or something. About the brumating Yeah i didn't think so, but i guess you never know.
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