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    Behavior

    Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could either give info or a link to another thread about russian tortoise behavior... I find myself worrying about if my tort is hungry or dehydrated or sick or stressed, and I don't know quite what to look for! What seem to be normal and abnormal eating...
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    Review my setup? New owner

    I have another question... when feeding Pearl, do her greens need to be chopped up small? Chopped big? Left whole? and should these be put in a dish, on a rock, or how?
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    Review my setup? New owner

    Yes, for sure! Thank you so much again!
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    Review my setup? New owner

    Thank you so much! That is very helpful. The next question I have come across is how deep to put the substrate down... I got Reptile Bark, and it is currently an inch deep. Pearl has already started digging a lot more, because before she didn't even have enough substrate to dig! Should I make...
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    Review my setup? New owner

    Thank you! It is too bad that the enclosure is not big enough... this is what I received from my coworker, and they had even less substrate and no UVB, so I am hoping to at least improve her living conditions slowly and I would like to get a bigger enclosure for her eventually...
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    Review my setup? New owner

    Hello all! My name is Izzy and I just adopted Pearl (i believe a Russian, but any confirmation would be great!) from a coworker who could not take care of her anymore. She came with the overall cage and a few other things, but after reading through this forum I went and bought new substrate, a...
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