My name's Melissa and I'm a new Russian owner, as well as a new member of this wonderful forum
I have a nameless young adult girl. She is in a 50 gal. rubbermaid tub w/ loose bark (i don't recall the name; it was recommended from the girl at Petsmart. Boyfriend uses the same stuff for his geckos tanks), a huge half log, water dish and food bowl. I also have a basking light set up in one spot of her tub which I leave on 12-13 hours per day.
I'm currently feeding her veggies and fruits. Yesterday I put some tomato, blueberries & mulberry leaves down and quickly found out tomatoes are one of her favorites. I also bought some freeze-dried fruit munches & freeze dried veggies. She loves them. A family friend has a Russian and gave me small pellets. I haven't gave them to her yet, but my stepmom did not seeing if she ate them or not. Since she ate a good hunk of the tomatoes yesterday, I was going to put some strawberries and the pellets down, but decided to give her some of the freeze dried veggies. She poops almost everyday and it's always solid.
Not having a lot in her tub right now, I take her outside to play and dig for about 20-30 minutes each day. We went out this morning but it was hotter than usual. (I live on the border of FL/GA border on the east coast) She wasn't very active until the last 5 minutes. I've been looking up things to put in tank to have her occupied throughout the day. I'm thinking about growing dandelions in her tub just so she has something to play/eat with whenever she pleases. I'm going to add a bath area, rocks & some foliage soon though, Maybe later this week.
Also I do have one concern: She's been peeling. Not too bad yet, but you can tell that she is. With that being said, I soak her every three or so days. Another is that she takes a little nap after she eats unless she wakes up at 11 like she did today. But she's up active afterward until around 8 at night when she goes to sleep. Please let know what I can do to be better tort owner!
I have a nameless young adult girl. She is in a 50 gal. rubbermaid tub w/ loose bark (i don't recall the name; it was recommended from the girl at Petsmart. Boyfriend uses the same stuff for his geckos tanks), a huge half log, water dish and food bowl. I also have a basking light set up in one spot of her tub which I leave on 12-13 hours per day.
I'm currently feeding her veggies and fruits. Yesterday I put some tomato, blueberries & mulberry leaves down and quickly found out tomatoes are one of her favorites. I also bought some freeze-dried fruit munches & freeze dried veggies. She loves them. A family friend has a Russian and gave me small pellets. I haven't gave them to her yet, but my stepmom did not seeing if she ate them or not. Since she ate a good hunk of the tomatoes yesterday, I was going to put some strawberries and the pellets down, but decided to give her some of the freeze dried veggies. She poops almost everyday and it's always solid.
Not having a lot in her tub right now, I take her outside to play and dig for about 20-30 minutes each day. We went out this morning but it was hotter than usual. (I live on the border of FL/GA border on the east coast) She wasn't very active until the last 5 minutes. I've been looking up things to put in tank to have her occupied throughout the day. I'm thinking about growing dandelions in her tub just so she has something to play/eat with whenever she pleases. I'm going to add a bath area, rocks & some foliage soon though, Maybe later this week.
Also I do have one concern: She's been peeling. Not too bad yet, but you can tell that she is. With that being said, I soak her every three or so days. Another is that she takes a little nap after she eats unless she wakes up at 11 like she did today. But she's up active afterward until around 8 at night when she goes to sleep. Please let know what I can do to be better tort owner!