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    A little bit of pyramiding?

    I've had my Russian tort for two weeks now and think I may have spotted some pyramiding but just mainly in one scute. Is this possible? Third pic shows best what I mean. He has UVB and correct temps of 95 warm side 70 cool side and 62 at night if anyone's wondering. And about 40-60 humidity in...
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    How much to feed

    MY new baby russian arrived today, I'll try to put pics up soon but my question is how much should i feed him, today he got as much as in the pics but I think thats a bit much. He's 3 months old and 2 inches. Do I need to add more, cut down on his food or what? Today he left around 3 leaves...
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    UVB lighting

    So I recieved my powersun I ordered from amazon today, and turns out it was defective. Filament was twisted and burned a crack in the bulb. I have a backup bulb that reaches good temps but only provides UVA. I have a baby RT coming tomorrow, so my question is how long will a tortoise go without...
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    Size and Age Question.

    I'd say a 2-3 inch russsian would be from 3 months to 2 years.
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    heating up a tote enclosure

    If it's just for a few hours I'd mist it to the humidity you want then shut the lid and put a heat pack underneath , not much experience with sullies though.
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    My new SETUP!

    Lots of roaming room for them, I'm sure they're happy!
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    Russian tort from Petsmart?

    I'd recommend going with a captive bred. Petsmart loads their torts in small crates with hundreds of other torts. During this time they get EXTREMELY stressed and usually get loaded with parasites. Then they are shoved (atleast in my store) in a 1x 1/2 foot enclosure with about an inch of bad...
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    Baby Russian's Setup.

    I'm getting a russian hatchling in two days and have built him a 6x3 table! I have two hides, two aloe, a basking rock, some driftwood, slate for feeding, and some extra rocks to grind down his nails, as you can see in the pics.
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    Humidity problems.

    Sorry for not being specific, I have a 6x3 open top wood tort table lined with waterproof plastic sheet. I am using about 70/30 coco coir playsand mix. I have about 94 degress under the basking light, 85-83 around the middle part, and two hides with temps of 70, plus the areas near the wall have...
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    Humidity problems.

    Anyone else? Im gonna need a fix fast, one of the hides got up to 100 percent at night:(
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    Humidity problems.

    I'm getting a baby Russian soon, and hive his air humidity at about 40-60 during the day with his hides about 75-80. Is this too high? Also at night the air humidity can get up to 75% so I would guess the hides would rise to about 90 or so:( (haven't measured yet.) So is this too high or is this...
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    New to forum, getting an RT soon!

    Hello, My name is Nick and I live in Minnesota. I have ordered a 3 month old RT and it is coming in 3 days, on Wednesday! I have a 6x3 tortoise table with about 3-7 inches depending on the spot of the table of about 70% coco coir and 30 % playsand. I have the right temps every where, and...
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