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I kind of ran into an issue with my russian tortoise last night. I transported him from my parents house to my boyfriends house in Ellenton, FL. He was doing fine, but after i got him settled in his enclosure tub, i picked him up a couple times and since then he hasnt wanted to come out of his...

I have a friend who also has a tortoise that has been having eye problems so his vet recommended the ointment so he ordered it online cheaper than the vet but he said when he opened it that it had a faint gasoline type smell. I've never needed it so I couldn't tell him if it was safe to use or...

I was giving Arnold a warm water soak and took him out for only a second so I could grab a towel next to me to dry him and I have two white plastic trash bags under his table top enclosure incase any of his coir or cypress mulch got out and when I placed him on my floor so I could dry him off he...

what soil is best for optunia cactus pads? Would nature care potting mix from Home Depot be a good choice with cactus? I use it for Arnold's flowers and greens but not sure if I can use for cactus pads as well. I should be ordering the optunia pads from tortoise supply soon. Also looking into...

Before I was getting worried about Arnold's eyes from the previous lighting and possible substrate irritating but they seem to be improving! I've used vetericyn eye wash and also warm water from the mist spray bottle with a drop of reptisafe to flush his eyes and he is doing so much better. I've...

My russian has new powersun 100w at 90f and coconut coir and Cyprus mulch and coconut chip for substrate. I have been keeping coir moist but each day that I hold him to make sure he's doing okay, his eyes seem to an issue. He keeps closing them and usually takes a minute for him to open them...

I've been using cypress mulch mixed with coconut chips but wanted to switch to something that wouldn't irritate his eyes. I boiled water and followed the instructions on the coconut coir packaging and my tortoise seems to really like digging in it and moving it around but when I picked him up it...

My russian has been causing me to worry, little tiny water bubbles in corner of eyes, sounds of belly rumbling or something like that, kind of sounded like a burp but his mouth was closed. Also he will open his mouth very little but without any noise, sometimes I hear a click sound which I...

The exotic pet shop obviously recommended the wrong products that i am learning about each day that I am reading on the forum. I have the UVB dual mini tubes that go in the clamp deep dome, I'm pretty sure the brands for the basking and UVB is zoomed, I threw away the lightbulb boxes so I have...

I got my russian tortoise last month and he has adapted very well to his new environment although there are two things that have been causing me to be worried. The first thing is he doesn't seem to crawl in his water dish by himself, throughout the day I'll put him in his water but he just...

So I've been reading planting posts on the forum and saw that coconut coir and soil without perlite is best but I was wondering if lowes/Home Depot sells soil that would be acceptable to plant seeds for my russian. I've been looking online but all the ones I found all ended up having perlite in...

I know I posted recently about where to get weeds and flowers and such and I know there's websites to order from online but I really just want to go to a store or anywhere locally to where I live. I want to avoid ordering online if I can, I live in pinellas county of Florida (Clearwater to be...

I recently purchased a young russian tortoise from a exotic pet shop in pinellas county Florida and I've been doing a lot of research as to where I can get the different edible flowers and weeds for Arnold here in Clearwater or any neighboring town. Would lowes garden center be ideal as long as...