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You can get coco coir and orchid bark at pets at home :) i’d worry that the current substate may get in and irritate his eyes due to being so dry!! it’s all learning at this stage but it sounds like you’re doing great and care about him a lot!! he’s a cute guy xx

thanks, thought this might be the case! Anyway he/she is definitely loving life a bit more now it’s getting warmer here in the UK.

my little Tort is 3/4 years old now, any idea if he/she’s a boy or girl?! not sure if he’s still to young to tell.

Not tried the carrot soaks but have heard of it. I already use nutri-boost which is an electrolyte and glucose powder which i add to his baths. Was a bit skeptical about the carrots but I'm up for trying anything to make him feel better.

thanks everyone for replying and giving advice. Ive stopped trying the oral antibiotics; it was stressing him and me out. He had another dose via IM at the vets. Ive raised his temperatures a bit, he’s enjoying sitting under his basking lamp again. He also ate a bit of his greens today! still...

@Tom Thanks for the advice. I’ll raise his temps a bit. I’ve tried him with Mazuri but he was not interested but hopefully one day he’ll change his mind. I was growing some weeds over the summer and will try to grow some more inside. Thanks for the advice, it is appreciated. @RosemaryDW its...

thanks Samantha, I hope so too. The little guy has me worried! This is his set up and a photo of him this morning after his bath with repti-boost in it.

Just come on the forum for a bit of advice. Had my russian for almost a year, he's my first tortoise. He's housed in a vivarium with coco coir and orchid bark which is sprayed with water to keep the humidity at about 70%. Basking temp is 33C. Warm end is roughly 31C and cool end 23C. I let him...

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Hi, In the past week or so i’ve noticed a few marks on my yearling russians shell. Not sure if you can see them in these photos but the lines between his scutes are also lighter than they have been before. I thought it was just growing lines but wanted to post on here as he’s my first tortoise...

Welcome Jude :-) I also have a one year old tort, and also from England, not as cold as Scotland but still cold! How are you housing your tort - open top table or a closed table/vivarium? I struggled with an open topped table due to not being able to maintain the heat and humidity (baby’s need...

Thank you :-) It’s not gritty, almost egg white consistency.

my horsfield tort secreted clear urine today, along with the normal white urates. Is this normal? He may have been doing it for a while but I haven’t realised because he normal does his business whilst soaking so can only see the white urates. He wees and poops everyday now so I wasn’t worried...

That’s the answer I was kind of expecting, thank you [emoji1] When i bought tort, i was sold a tortoise table but i struggled to maintain heat and humidity so he’s now in a vivarium with a ceramic heat emitter and UVB strip light and the substrate is a mix of coco coir and orchid bark (on your...

Hi guys, I've had Tort for over a month now and everything is going great, since moving him into his more appropriate home of a viv :) I was told he was a year old when i got him (no hatch date though), he weighed 57g on 24/10 and now weighs 64g, i presume any weight gain is good, as long as he...