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I soaked him and it was easily wiped off. In the morning I will take pictures and post them. Than you so much for helping me!

Now i am noticing something on his nose. He didn't have it when I wrote my last update but he dose now. It looks like a white crust near his nose. Could this be URTD? If it is what medications are right to help treat it?

He shows no signs of things on his eyes or nose area. His lighting above his enclosure is one uv bulb and another heat/uv bulb. I just checked the temperatures with a heat gun and they were 96 on the warm side and 75 on the cooler side. He is eating regularly again now.

I have a 3 or 4 year old male Russian tortoise and I have noticed that he has been eating less. I am wondering why this is happening. Usually i feed him a mixed diet with greens and veggies. Today a put out his favorite food, dandelion greens and some romaine lettuce as a treat and he didn't eat...

I have wanted to upgrade Franklin's enclosure for a while now but i do not have the space for it to be bigger. I am asking if I could build him a ramp to climb onto a second area of his enclosure almost like an upstairs. I would definitely put guard rails up. Would this be ok? My second question...

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I am planting an indoor garden for my Russian tortoise and I have some black seed Simpson lettuce seeds. Are these okay for a Russian tortoise. If so do they have any nutritional value. Any help is appreciated.

What ind of enclosure are they in. If it is a very large yard it may be okay to keep them together but it would have to be quite huge.

you're aren't keeping them together right?

Can you keep a male and female Russian tortoise together, If so I was just wondering how large an enclosure would have to be to keep to Russian torts together. I am not getting another tortoise any time soon this is just a question out of curiosity

Is there something wrong with your tortoises beak?

How big is your enclosure?

ok, Thanks

So I have had my combo uv/heat halid bulb for about 11 months. Should I change it out and buy a new one after every year. Or 2 years. I am not sure at all and I know they are expensive so I do not want to buy one if I do not need one. Any advice would be appreciated.

You need to get a bigger enclosure asap. Also 84 degrees is way too cold. 30 percent humidity is also not good they need it to be 55-60 percent.