Thank you!! Everything I read just kept saying dandelions pretty much.
He finally started eating today which is good and we are going to get a new heat bulb since the one we got isn't getting hot enough.
We read that Russian tortoise like dandelions and roses and I know you have to make sure there are no pesticides... But are there any other flowers and weeds that we can feed him???
We feed him spring mix with a supplement and the temps under the heat lamp are about 79-85 degrees and not under the heat lamp is about 75....
As far as the lights go they are zoo med the heat lamp is 75 watts.
This is kind of a bad pic bc it makes the enclosure look small but it isn't...
We are new Russian tortoise owners and we were reading something that said for at least 8 weeks a year you put your tortoise into hibernation??? Basically that you keep the body temp to 40-45 degrees... Is this true???
If so when do you do this?? And why???
Thanks in advance
We read somewhere that a tortoise will always search for his original home??? Is this true we were wondering if that is why he keeps trying to climb out???