RussianVT
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Today I adopted an adult female Russian! I had been planning to adopt a baby, but after reading that so many adults need to be adopted, and I found one locally on Facebook, I thought that this was the right way to go. After doing research for a few months, my husband and I are so sad to see this girl in this inadequate enclosure, full of rotting lettuce and feces. They fed her banana and lettuce, and had her in here for years with a male, who died. I'm glad we adopted her but I'm concerned about next steps.
I let her spend the afternoon and tonight in this enclosure, so she wouldn't go into shock. Under the lamp she's at 85 degrees.
Tomorrow I plan to put her into a zoo-med tortoise house which I had bought when I was planning to buy a baby. I know she'll need something bigger, but it's an improvement for now.
We live in Vermont. I plan to have her inside must of the year, and make a safe shelter for her outside in the summer. I have reptibark, uvb lamp, heat lamp, hides, mister, pellet food and some cactus pads, a laser temp gun, shallow dishes, powdered calcium, and salad greens.
How does her shell health look?
What can I do about her beak?
Any immediate concerns I haven't thought of?
We have a toddler who loves watching her. I'm assuming we can teach her to look but not touch, and only pet her shell with adult supervision and wash hands after. That's my idea of safe toddler reptile interactions, so please guide me if I'm off base.
Thank you for your advice and support!
I let her spend the afternoon and tonight in this enclosure, so she wouldn't go into shock. Under the lamp she's at 85 degrees.
Tomorrow I plan to put her into a zoo-med tortoise house which I had bought when I was planning to buy a baby. I know she'll need something bigger, but it's an improvement for now.
We live in Vermont. I plan to have her inside must of the year, and make a safe shelter for her outside in the summer. I have reptibark, uvb lamp, heat lamp, hides, mister, pellet food and some cactus pads, a laser temp gun, shallow dishes, powdered calcium, and salad greens.
How does her shell health look?
What can I do about her beak?
Any immediate concerns I haven't thought of?
We have a toddler who loves watching her. I'm assuming we can teach her to look but not touch, and only pet her shell with adult supervision and wash hands after. That's my idea of safe toddler reptile interactions, so please guide me if I'm off base.
Thank you for your advice and support!