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No we have one that is shaped like the heat lightbulb or a normal household lightbulb I guess you could say.

Ok so I would be fine without letting her hibernate?

Ok thanks and what is the best substrate to use? Plus are you supposed to hibernate your tortoise?

We were told they needed at least a 2x2 or 2x3 so we thought we were doing good with a 4x2 or 5x2. However, we can get her a bigger area and are building her a huge outside area whenever the snow melts.

Thank you, I hope that's all it is.

My family just recently purchased a Russian tortoise. We are suposedly her third home. However, we noticed her shell has indents and looks almost like it's going to flake off or its possibly a little raised in some areas where in the very back middle scuttle it looks pushed in. It could be...