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RE: HELP! i will move my temp gauge into the coldest spot and see what i come up with. UPDATE: He got up and is now eating lettuce, his eyes are half open now (both) and he seems to have very much improved in the vision dept.

RE: HELP! My tortoise is not more than three inches long... I find it extremely hard to believe that a 2x2 foot enclosure is not large enough. I have the basking spot in the very corner of my cage and i do have a thermometer and the basking temp is 95 degrees consistently during the day. The...

RE: HELP! ok- an update: threw out all substrate and replaced with orchid bark only, no straw or dry stuff. also reset the temp, the hot spot is averaging 95 in the day. I have been soaking him every day and misting at least 2 or 3 times a day. His eyes seem cracked now after only a few days...

RE: HELP! No, nothing like that. Its completely round and smooth. I am pretty sure its nice, i got all my stuff from a really nice reptile specialty store in Southern California.

RE: HELP! no, its one of those big bulbous ones.

RE: HELP! I have to go to the store and get new little watch type batteries for my in tank heater but its on the same time schedule he always has been on, its usually about 95 in the basking spot. I am using orchid bark as my substrate, but tossed some out a while back and i feel like the fact...

I have had my tortoise for about two years now. I bought him as a baby when i was living in california (now im in Washington), and btw hes a russian. He has always had good health. I noticed about a week ago that he was sleeping more than normal, being sluggish. Also, upon closer inspection i...

I have a baby Russian Tortoise. I live in a highly populated part of Southern California and really can't harvest any food from outdoors besides grass clippings, so I have to shop for all of his food. I know that it is best for them to have a varied diet. I use two types of pellet food...

I have a baby russian tortoise, and I also have two cats. I live in an apartment complex and my lovely neighbor (cough cough) came over to ask me something recently. Well, little did I know that that particular neighbor lives in a seriously flea infested apartment, and consequently brought his...

I have a baby russian tortoise. After education myself a bit I learned that babies actually need quite a bit of misting around the tank, 3-4 times a day at least. I was wondering, has anyone had a problem w/ mold in the tank? I haven't really seen any yet but now that I am misting more often I...

Ok, thanks! Good to know about the heavy metals in the distilled stuff... up to this point I had been filling his wading pool w/ it. Needless to say, that is getting cleaned out today! I think I am going to probably stick w/ the bottled drinking water, we used that for ourselves all the time b/c...

I don't like to use tap water for misting my tank because of all the junk in it... I live in the very Southern part of California and our water is not so good. So, I buy the gallon jugs and use that. But there is a lot of different types; spring water, drinking water, purified water, etc. I...

Yeah, that was kind of my suspicion, that everyone does it a little different. I think I am going to do every other day or every two days. My stuff is vitamins and minerals all in one. I have read about the cuttle bone thing in all of my books, I was planning on getting one next time I went to...

haha um... ew. lol.

I used a combined vitamin/mineral powder sprinkled over my russian tortoises food. It is Miner-all indoor formula by Sticky Tongue farms (it was recommended by my local reptile specialty store). Right now, I do a little bit each day on top of his greens, but I have heard from some sites/sources...

I would look at a local farmer's market. I actually went to one today and found a man selling cactus pads very cheap- 5 or 6 big ones for 2 dollars. My tort is very young/small so I just wanted to get one, the man was very nice and gave it to me for free- he thought it was funny and cute that I...

My tortoise is named Squirt, after the baby sea turtle in finding nemo :) I have his tank all decked out nemo style, with "under the sea" wallpaper and little nemo and dory figurines and everything. Can you tell i'm a girl? haha. I am putting up some pics right now, I'm not familiar enough w/...

haha I am going to put some pics up right now, I am not sure how/where other people see them, but they will be there!

Oh okay cool... I feel a lot more intelligent knowing the right words for tortoise related stuff, especially since I have a tort now. lol.

I was lucky in the sense that I got my baby from a Reptile specialty store where they are very knowledgeable, so they did recommend the orchid bark, that is what I use. I will start spraying it down more and wet the bark as well. Thanks for your advice!!!