Well, I've used it for a couple of years and it seems to work just fine. The reason I'm currently using it is because it's not as dusty as sand and soil. I think it can be a bit dry though. Do you have any ideas of other substrates? Is there any other "low dust" materials?
Ok, it's an 80 watt bulb and I have it about 45 centimeters above the inclosure. I will try to soak the tortoise and try to clean the eye as often as I can to see if it will get better.
I'm not at home at the moment but I fund a picture of my bulb on the internet. I use the same bulb for my other two adult tortoises and they have never had any problems with their eyes. I also find it weird that only one eye is swollen on this one.
The bulb is not a tube. Kinda looks like a regular bulb but bigger. I can try to turn off the bulb for a couple of days but how will that affect the tortoise?
It does not live with the other tortoises. It is still not fully grown and have it's own tortoise table. I use an UV-lamp for heating (Exo Terra Solar Glo Sun Simulating). I have hemp substrate and the enclosure decoration consists of small logs and rocks.
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One of my russian tortoises have gotten a swollen eye lately. She can barely open it but the other eye is fine. Anyone know what could have caused it and is it anything I can do before visiting a vet?
I live in Sweden. There doesn't seems to be any strict trading laws for tortoises. At least I couldn't find any. You need a CITES-certificate for some tortoises but that doesn't include russian tortoise.
Earlier this year (in July), 3 little russian tortoises hatched. I am planning to sell them but I'm not sure which age/weight they should have before I can sell them. Does someone here have any clues?