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    Poorly Russian (again)

    Actually the temps are always spot on. 100 under his bulb and down to 75 80 ish on the other side. It's actually relatively easy unless we're having an extreme weather event such as a heat wave, and in a previous post when I mentioned the heat wave I was laughed at and told "that's not heat"...
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    Poorly Russian (again)

    It's a 44 inch (1.18m) by 25 inch (0.6m) table. Substrate is soil/sand mix I've experimented with others. This seems to be what he prefers and what my vet uses. 100w mercury vapor bulb (moved up so I could take a pic). T8 12% tube. Temps monitored by 3 different types of thermometer in...
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    Poorly Russian (again)

    This is a long one so tldr at the end 😬 My Russian cadwell won't get out of bed and his eyes seem a little puffy. He rubs them a little too. If I get him up he will eat and go back to bed. He's walking fine (if a little slow). He's alert when he's up. No runny nose or apparent breathing...
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    Electric fan in indoor table

    Haha I'll try and explain my logic 😂😂 Yeah this is always a huge topic for debate online when Brit's get a heatwave and people in other countries are always like "THATS NOT HOT! IT GETS TO (whatever number)° HERE!" the UK gets so humid and because our buildings aren't designed to release heat...
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    Electric fan in indoor table

    Hello. Just wondering if small desktop fans are okay in the tables. I have two Russians in (separate) indoor tables atm. It's summer in the UK and we're getting a bit of warm weather and Aircon is rare here. I live in a flat that's partially in the roof space and it gets warm. It's currently...
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    Is cadwells shell okay ?

    Yeah he gets plenty of soaks, UV lighting, good food and supplements etc. Just wanted to see if anyone could see any specific warning signs or issues or whether it's what I thought and just a concequeunce of his rough beginning. Thank you ?
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    Is cadwells shell okay ?

    Hey everyone I was just handling cadwell (russian male approx 4/5 years old now) and I noticed his shell has alot of dips and crevices. I've noticed it before but never thought much of it but the way the lighting was really exaggerated it. He seems very happy and hes VERY active. When I first...
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    Reptile store bought plants

    Haha planty liners ?? I love it. Yeah cadwell likes to nibble random things. I've actually noticed he's chipped his beak in the last day or so somehow. These animals.. it's like they're determined to harm themselves. This is why I'm ever vigilant and over cautious because if there is some way of...
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    Reptile store bought plants

    Hey thank you! Ahh yeah it's as I suspected. You'd think these reptile companies wouldn't put these things in plants they advertise as suitable for reptile enclosures ?. I guess the polka dot plant I brought today will be spared cadwells jaws and live on my window sill ??
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    Reptile store bought plants

    Hi everyone. I like to keep my russians enclosures looking nice so I like to buy plants from reptile specific pet shops (irl or online) I always specifically ask "are these tortoise safe". I also check the tortoise table website etc. However I'm always concerned about the soil they're kept in...
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    Russian tortoise white blood cell count low so needs ct scan?

    Okay definitely the last update ? This week Cadwell has started eating "normally" and has been super active (actually driving me crazy ?). Until this point he has been picking at certain foods, usually just his favorites but this week he has been demolishing everything in his path. In the past...
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    Russian tortoise white blood cell count low so needs ct scan?

    Another update for anyone interested. Cadwell has shown further improvement. His eating is still off but I'm not sure if he's just become reliant on my hand feeding him because he tends to wait for me to come home. His front leg is healed. His back leg still has a slight drag on it though. That...
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    Russian tortoise white blood cell count low so needs ct scan?

    Hey thanks for the advice. I did do that initially but the threads were combined by admins and I was advised to keep things in one place since all the issues were connected to one illness. I'm just keeping the thread updated in case someone experiencing similar issues finds it useful somehow...
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    Russian tortoise white blood cell count low so needs ct scan?

    Yeah I can see that. It's really heartwarming to see the responses. Another reason I'm determined to keep this thread updated is because a couple of times ive searched the forum for posts about an issue myself or a friend might be having but as the saying goes "op never delivers". They kind of...
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    Russian tortoise white blood cell count low so needs ct scan?

    Your welcome thanks for all your help :)
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