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I think that nights meal was collard greens and chicory

Homer the RT chows down

Welcome, new Russian and reptile owner here as well. This site has been a great resource!

UPDATE: So I have been following Yvonne's advice and not really letting him sleep during the day, I moved the hanger for the lamp and the 100W Powersun came in today. Within about 10 minutes of changing to the Powersun, our tortoise was munching away happily on some escarole and hasn't stopped...

Thank you so much for the advice, will do! The plastic was exactly what I was thinking. With the new hanger I made for the light it will work as a perfect frame. How often and how long should we soak him if at all?

Thank you so much for replying. In the spring I hope to make a larger outdoor enclosure however just too cold here right now. Would a sheet of plastic suspended over the table work to create a "greenhouse" effect? Is i relatively normal for him to spend so much time asleep and not eat? Should we...

The room is pretty dim, but we keep the UVB on for 12 - 14 hrs. I plan on making a new hanger for it that will suspend it a bit more over the middle of the table.

He has a fairly long tail but he does keep it tucked to one side or the other

He is a Russian, no idea how old but about 5" front to back of shell. I think it is a boy by shell shape. No name yet cant decide on a good one!

Hi all. My son received a Russian Tortoise for Christmas and I have a few questions/concerns as it seems the pet-shop was not very accurate in the information they provided. We have been doing a ton of research and I have been trying to make adjustments accordingly. I built a roughly 5'X 3'...

My son recently received a Russian Tortoise and this site has provided a ton of info (much better than the pet-shop did). I do have some questions but I'll post those over in the Russian forum.