tcjones
New Member
Hello, I'm a long time lurker, first time posting.
We brought our little Russian Tortoise home on Thursday night. The first thing he did was head straight to the basking rock and warm up. Then he headed to the back corner on the hot side and buried himself in the substrate. where he stayed until sometime on Friday where he moved the cool side in the opposite corner and buried himself under the half log and he's been there ever since. He hasn't eaten any greens we're leaving in there or gotten into his water dish. For the most part we've left him alone. We did move the log to check if he was alive yesterday and put it back over the top of him. He's still there this morning (on Sunday) with no signs of moving. Is this normal? The people at the reptile shop said that he was a very active tortoise and a voracious eater. He seemed very feisty when I held him and looked him over. They also said to leave him alone for 3 days to adjust.
We're all worried about the little guy and want to do what is best. I'm afraid he's stressed and we don't know what to do. My husband suggested we soak him today since he isn't drinking. I'm not sure if we should or if we should leave him alone until he's moving about his home on his own. Suggestions on adjustment periods, please?
We brought our little Russian Tortoise home on Thursday night. The first thing he did was head straight to the basking rock and warm up. Then he headed to the back corner on the hot side and buried himself in the substrate. where he stayed until sometime on Friday where he moved the cool side in the opposite corner and buried himself under the half log and he's been there ever since. He hasn't eaten any greens we're leaving in there or gotten into his water dish. For the most part we've left him alone. We did move the log to check if he was alive yesterday and put it back over the top of him. He's still there this morning (on Sunday) with no signs of moving. Is this normal? The people at the reptile shop said that he was a very active tortoise and a voracious eater. He seemed very feisty when I held him and looked him over. They also said to leave him alone for 3 days to adjust.
We're all worried about the little guy and want to do what is best. I'm afraid he's stressed and we don't know what to do. My husband suggested we soak him today since he isn't drinking. I'm not sure if we should or if we should leave him alone until he's moving about his home on his own. Suggestions on adjustment periods, please?