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Okay, and how deep should the substrate be? I have been feeding him greens as well as pellets, but I'm still not sure how to get the right kinds of greens locally. There are a lot of sources saying different things, so do you know what kind of greens work best? This is all great info, thanks :)

He's indoors, and I'm still trying to figure everything out since I've only had him for a week, so any advice or feedback would be awesome. I have a topsoil and sand substrate with cyprus on top. I've been doing some reading on here and it looks like both topsoil and sand might be bad for them...

Last week, I got a Russian Tortoise from Pets 'N Such in Salt Lake City. He has these flaking bits on his shell and I don't know if this is supposed to happen or if it's a problem. This is my first time owning a tortoise and I'm kind of worried.