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    New Russian Tortoise Owner. Checking my approach.

    I can see the nibble and explore thing. When I had him upstairs hidden from the kids I would put him on the floor to let him roam and then put some food right in front of him. Then he would walk right over the food and then circle the room. When he came back to where the food was he would look...
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    New Russian Tortoise Owner. Checking my approach.

    Awesome. Thanks for all of the input. Too bad about the carrots though. That's the fastest I've ever seen him go for new food. But that's ok. I'm sure I'll find more things he loves a lot as I get more experience. I hope to build this table within the next couple of weeks. Thanks again for the...
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    New Russian Tortoise Owner. Checking my approach.

    I gave him his first carrot today. Man, I don't know if it was cause it's new or what, but he went to town on that thing! I wanted to ask another question though. Is a carrot something that I can only give him once in a while? A couple times a week? I read mixed answers and I thought I'd ask here.
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    New Russian Tortoise Owner. Checking my approach.

    Ok. Advice noted. This is currently the light bulbs I have set up --> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00361HC9C/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20 It came with a "U" shaped cfl. If I swap out the two for a mercury vapor like this one -> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002AQDJK/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20 will the single...
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    New Russian Tortoise Owner. Checking my approach.

    A brief story of Cecil Baron's current lifestyle. Ok then. I bought a Russian tortoise(Cecil) for my boys for Christmas. He is from Petsmart and I can only assume what they told me that he's between, 2 and 3 years old at most. It's really for me because I saw one that I really wanted cause he...
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