Laura2016
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We have just taken on a 3 year old Russian Tortoise and i am worried I'm not getting things right
I have had him for a week but in that time he hasn't eaten very much, I have given him a mixture of salad leaves and also the pellets that the store gave me soaked. He as taken a few bites of the pellets but nothing else has been touched. He buries himself almost constantly. He has the heat lamp at one end of enclosure ( which is a vivarium style not table )I have tried various temperatures 80 + for 12 hrs daily then turn down in evening. This is advice I've been given by other owners i know and what I've looked up online. Im worried that he is moving around less and just burying himself because he's not doing well. The shop advised me to bathe him in warm water but thats not really helped. Im planning on taking him to vets for a check up but in the mean time i want to make sure I'm doing everything to make him happy. He has poo"d a couple of times over the week and whilst in water he's weed. Online it has said they bury because they are hot and the shop said maybe he's cold ?? very confusing a conflicting advice.
Any advice would be great
Thanks
I have had him for a week but in that time he hasn't eaten very much, I have given him a mixture of salad leaves and also the pellets that the store gave me soaked. He as taken a few bites of the pellets but nothing else has been touched. He buries himself almost constantly. He has the heat lamp at one end of enclosure ( which is a vivarium style not table )I have tried various temperatures 80 + for 12 hrs daily then turn down in evening. This is advice I've been given by other owners i know and what I've looked up online. Im worried that he is moving around less and just burying himself because he's not doing well. The shop advised me to bathe him in warm water but thats not really helped. Im planning on taking him to vets for a check up but in the mean time i want to make sure I'm doing everything to make him happy. He has poo"d a couple of times over the week and whilst in water he's weed. Online it has said they bury because they are hot and the shop said maybe he's cold ?? very confusing a conflicting advice.
Any advice would be great
Thanks