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In your area sunlight is always available. He will love it more in winter. Mine line up front feet up on the wall to catch the first sun rays to hit. In this heat we have now or even in the AC you will not need lamps. If you have to keep him indoors just cover his box up at night.

Tortoises from deserts which are where mine came from are used to living in sand. It covers most of the Middle East where these tortoises were found.

Yousif he might be eating the sawdust stuff. Best to find some clean sand.

I live near you in the Middle East. My tortoises look just like yours . Mine have spurs. They all live outdoors in the sun but bury themselves when it gets too hot, or head for their houses. They have cuttle fish to gnaw on & they love Romaine Lettice & cabbage. Can you let him live outdoors...

Try giving it some warm sunlight, if you can, they love that & it does them good.

Ouch !!! Looks painful.

Hi Hi Katie, so sorry to hear about your poor tortoise. I would love to know what they fed him before you got him. As it is just keep him on romaine lettuce & cabbage. Mine thrive on this. Best of luck hope he can be revived.

Romaine lettuce is more nutritious than iceberg, not too much tomato though, but dandelions , what luck , wish I had some for my creeps.

Extremists of every stripe start to sound unhinged. Best to stick to the old maxim, ‘ ‘Moderation in ALL things’

When I first got by baby tortoises in the early 90’s I had read that they would get all the liquid they need from their diet, so they were never given water. If I placed water in their enclosure they would ignore it. Now they have multiplied & moved to a larger outside place the sun is so hot ...

Yes geckos are beautiful, when I was on a visit to Arizona I bought a couple of ceramic geckos that I fixed to the walls in our desert farm. One lady was rather shocked because as omarnael said , people in the Middle East have been brought up to fear geckos & blame them for any kind of food...

Just wondering how much that vet charged. Seems to me that vet was just doing that to justify the money asked for. A stool would be all that was needed.

Are you in the Middle East? The fear of geckos( braitsy) is totally unfounded. They are harmless. They eat insects & are not at all poisonous. I have a large one that lives in my kitchen( his name is Fred) of course all food left out is covered but none of us have ever suffered any ill effects...

I think if it was mine I would take him out like a dog to the nearest garden & if weather permits let him roam for a while. You might get odd looks but I think being cooped up can drive any creature mad.