Marj&RickyBobby
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I have a Russian who I’ve only had for just over 2 months. I keep him in my classroom during the week, but moved him home, recently, because we had a long break. I will he taking him back for 2 weeks. Since I got him home, he is acting odder than normal. He’s not eating as well, when I take him out he doesn’t seem to walk as well, when I touch his back feet (or front) he pulls them in and once even snarled at me, and he released some kind of white tarry substance into his water with poop. Last night, he went into his cave, something he typically has not done. Oh, and he even will not get out of his water when I put him in there. My daughter did discover that the heating pad, which is under the tank was making the floor too hot, even to touch, so we turned it off for a few days and moved some things around so he’s not walking on it. I wonder if he burned his feet? He used to try to get out of his habitat by pushing against the glass, but now for 2 - 3 days he’s had very low activity. Any ideas what I can do(