"I think they have some at my local petstore"
DO NOT BUY FROM ANY PET STORE. They get their reptiles from the wild, are kept in tiny plastic containers, and are force bred. Force breeding can lead to many bad diseases and other things you don't want. The people also don't take care of the...
I simply do not have that much space. I wouldn't have bought a russian if I was aware I needed that much space, but you know, Petco employees have no idea what they are talking about
Dont worry about the brown specks, its just substrate.
Anyways his plastron is black, is that normal?. I see pictures and their bottoms look the same color as the top shell.
I used a big droor and took out the shelves. Its bigger than my old 40 breeder vivarium.
The dimensions are 38 by 21. He seems a lot happier and is moving around a lot.
I have a giant bookcase that I can use. Thanks, it sounds like a great idea! Also, are you sure he is about 10 years old? I don't know how they would have mixed up a year old and 10 years old, or they just lied to get me to buy him.
Here is another pic of his shell. Also, he is now eating out of my hand. But he is constantly banging his head on the glass. He has been doing it for about 5 mins
Thats his name, but anyways...
He is not even a year old yet just to inform you.
So the top of his head feels odd. One part feels like i can chip the scale off. I dont know how to explain it any other way.
Also, he made a few odd squeking noises last night, but only about 2 or 3 times. Are...