Greetings - I'm Zach from Louisiana. My eight year old has been wanting a turtle from some time and he finally convinced me to get one. When we got to Petsmart and they told us that the turtles needed live crickets we opted to get a tortoise. We like them better anyway but I just wasn't planning on spending that much money. We bought Sasha a female Russian tortoise on 6/30/12. We did everything that we could to care for her well. Her first day she would eat from our hands and she was very active. The next day it was like she was a different tortoise - very lethargic and uninterested in food. We tried different foods, we tried soaking her, taking her outside and nothing seemed to work. We contacted Petsmart and they assured us that everything was probably okay but we could make a vet appointment if we were worried. They said it was just the shock of moving and that tortoises could store food/water for weeks at a time. We made an appointment anyway, 3 weeks from the day that we purchased her and she passed away that morning before the appointment. It sucked. We went to Petsmart later that week and we got another tortoise - this time a Greek, and they said this one is a male - we named him Zeus (please confirm this is male, I can't tell). We thoroughly cleaned the old habitat, used new bark etc and Zeus seemed to be in perfect health his first few days. We are now on day 6 of owning him and he seems to be showing similar signs as Sasha. He's uninterested in food, hides under a log and sleeps non stop. I've tried soaking him with half water/half pedialite and he remains the same. Please take a look at my photos and tell if you see a red flag - we are now really attached to this little guy and can't bear to lose another one.