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    Russian tortoise has not eaten for over a week

    He ate!!! We switched out his housing and he ate food today! We are feeding him dandelion greens mixed with zucchini ver small amount of orange pepper. I am so happy! We will be updating his housing asap! Thank you all!!
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    Russian tortoise has not eaten for over a week

    I also appreciate it so much. I just want this little guy to live alone and happy life with us.
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    Russian tortoise has not eaten for over a week

    He is about a two year-old tortoise. I think he’s still going to get bigger. The container he’s in currently is 40 inches wide 20 inches deep and 20 inches tall. So I definitely am going to buy something for the substrate. What would you use or recommend to be used. At the pet store they have...
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    Russian tortoise has not eaten for over a week

    The basking temp stays about 88° at first, we were using Under the basking light, it is about 88 degrees and 74 degrees on the cooler side. At night it gets about 63 dgrees. Which is the tempature in my house. I live in michigan and it is damn cold! The bulb we are using is 150 W exoterra...
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    Russian tortoise has not eaten for over a week

    Hello everyone! Brand new Russian or tortoise owner here. I did a lot of work with the pet store about what kind of food we should feed them as well as the correct heat light and UVB light. He has been here since February 8th and he has not eaten. We have thermometers in his case to make sure...
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