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Ok, thanks ! :)

I'm just not sure he's getting all he needs from the greens I'm able to get him as it is winter and so variety is hard to come by.

Trouble is a Russian Tortoise. And he's the one in the picture. So are there any vitamins I could soak him in occasionally or give him dusted on his lettuce once in a while?

What is a good brand of dustable vitamins that I can include in Trouble's regular feeding? I just want to make sure he's got everything he needs to be a heathy, happy little monster.:<3::tort:

Welcome! :tort: I have a Russian too, named Trouble. They're a load of fun!:p

Hi! Welcome, fellow Russian owner! :) I'm pretty new too, but you sound like you're off to a pretty good start! :tort:

Lol, there's a vampire name Alucard in and anime too, it's called Hellsing. The tortoise is adorable, what had he been eating?

Thanks for the tip! Inn going to get a black bulb for my head lamp

Welcome! :tort:

I reworked the enclosure a little bit and put the hide back it against a different wall to try to prevent climbing. I also think I'm going to get another heat source along with the new thermometer, just to make sure it's warm enough for him. Here's a pic of the new layout!

I have a cloth cover over the cooler half of the enclosure and there is a wall of plants to block himself from view if he wants to hide. But I can look into the plastic tub thing, see if that works. And yes, I have a heat lamp with a reddened bulb that warms him day and night.

He sits on top of the blanket, so I'll see if I can keep track of the carapace temp as well, thanks! And he can dig down into the substrate, it's a few inches deep and there's plenty if hay. I see him dig in sometime to the point where he's almost completely covered.

I have UVA/UVB bulb on about twelve to thirteen hours of the day. I also have a heat lamp and the warm side of the enclosure is usually around 85-90 degrees. The cooler side is around seventy the last time I checked, but the thermometer I got when I got his enclosure broke and I won't be able...

I feel like this might be newbie panic but I'm a little nervous about my Russian. He seems a little less active than I was expecting for a tortoise indoors and kept at a warm temperature. He also trusts me a lot for an animal I've had so short a time, readily going to sleep right next to me...

I have a Russian. I use a coconut substrate though called Eco Earth. :)

Welcome! :tort:

Welcome! :tort:

Welcome! :tort:

Welcome! :tort:

Welcome! :tort: