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    Building an enclosure for my Russian

    When I take him outside I bring his hiding spot with us and his water dish. I didn’t think substrate would be needed. From a lot of the outdoor enclosures I’ve seen it’s usually something with no bottom that people place on the grass and let the tortoise roam. Considering I’m in an apartment...
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    Building an enclosure for my Russian

    Yeah I was going to keep him in the 20 gallon for another few weeks or a month but I was going to start building the table in the mean time. I’ve seen a few people who have 4x4’s on YouTube, but I know a lot of people say the minimum is 4x8. I would like to do that but I may not have enough room...
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    Building an enclosure for my Russian

    Hey everyone! So I got my Russian tortoise Iroh about two months ago. He was very sick for these past two months and I was told he would most likely die, BUT I persisted and tried everything I could find on the internet and here we are two months later! He just started having a regular eating...
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Hey so here we are two months later and the other day I said I still hadn’t seen him eat WELL, today I chopped up some zucchini for myself for dinner and I tossed some small bits in his enclosure to see what what would happen. I even rubbed some of the store bought pellet mash on it and then...
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Not really when I bring him outside he just burrows into the grass then stays in the same position until we go in
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Hey everyone, so it’s been two months. Iroh still doesn’t really eat and he just sits in the corner. He poops occasionally which makes me think he’s eating something, but his food always looked untouched. I’m so happy he’s still with us but again it’s been two months and he’s still not eating...
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Okay I’ll try that and report back
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    It wasn’t really the vet who offered force feeding. We brought it up. The vet suggested we get a small syringe and try and open his mouth and push in a purée. What kind of purée would we have to use or make? He’s still not eating.
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Interesting. Also I’ve been doing the Gerber soaks for over a week now and his eyes didn’t open until the vet gave us that gel. Also about the force feeding do you have any suggestions?
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Update: we took Iroh to the vet again yesterday (Saturday) she said he infection is almost completely gone. The issue of his eyes not opening has also gotten better. She gave us some sort of gel to rub on his eyes (forgot the name of it). We clean them with a q-tip daily then place a small bit...
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    Thank you so much, I will take all this into account and I’ll definitely be looking up her father!
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    So you’re saying if he doesn’t have a pen outside we shouldn’t bring him outside at all? Your wording confused me. In terms of our vet that wasn’t last minute at all I called the vet for an appointment within the first 4 days of getting Iroh but I was only able to get my appointment 3 days after...
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    New tortoise owner, help please, red swollen sores

    At this park I know they only spray on the edges near the sidewalk (used to work there haha)
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