Mikeyand Melina
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Hello! My name is Mirza, we are currently living in Hood River , OR. We finally got our new little friend this past Sunday for my daughter Melina, which is a Russian tortoise she named Mikey. She had been begging us for a pet and she asked for a tortoise, she has been asking for the past 4 years. We were waiting for her to grow out of wanting a pet so we told her to wait and do her research to see what she wanted and the proper care for it and what we were going to need. She never grew out of it so here we are now. We got Mikey at a pet store in Wilsonville, OR. He has been with us for almost 6 days and we are in love with him. But I do have a few questions. First of all the substrate, I hate cypress mulch. He loves to burrow and when he come out he can't stop blinking his little eyes because it's poking his eyes. So I was told to get reptibark but that seems a little too rough and are you supposed to wet it? We also bought a powersun bulb but it dries out the substrate really fast, is that ok? We have one of those zoo med wooden homes for him but I think we will have to build him something a bit bigger soon because he doesn't seem to have too much room to roam. I have seen a lot of habitats where people place fake plants in there but do the tortoises not try to eat it? Mikeh tries to eat everything, he is a great eater it makes me happy to see him eat. Well that is all for now. Thank you for letting us join and I love all the info you guys have.