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    Help! Russian ate 4 pieces of perlite!

    A Aw thank you!! I fell in love with his sweet face at first sight!
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    Help! Russian ate 4 pieces of perlite!

    Here are some from today! Giving him a soak and his outdoor enclosure. It is 8x4, a repurposed garden bed, and has a lid made from hardware cloth with latches and locks to predator proof.. underneath the substrate is a layer of heavy duty garden netting and bricks to keep him from burrowing and...
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    Help! Russian ate 4 pieces of perlite!

    Thank you so much for this detailed response Tom! I do hope you’re right, thank you for giving me some reassurance!
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    Help! Russian ate 4 pieces of perlite!

    I accidentally added succulent potting mix with perlite in it to our outdoor tortoise enclosure! Our juvenile Russian tortoise (less than 2yo) ate 3-4 pieces before I realized what was happening and quickly scooped out all the added mix and got his substrate back to normal. He has been eating...
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    Outdoor garden safe for a small tortoise?

    Greetings Tortoise Forum! I am seeking advice about housing a Tunisian tortoise outdoors. I do not have one yet, I am simply in the enclosure planning stage. I live in a southern CA city on the coast that thankfully has a similar climate to Tunisia, so I think a Tunisian tortoise would do well...
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