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I’m in the process of building a large outdoor enclosure for my Russian tortoise. I’m nearly at the stage for buying the timber, but I’m unsure whether I can use treated wood or not. I’ve read it can leak into the soil or if tortoise scrapes up against or bites it, it could potentially make him...

I have a Acadia tv uvb 24” strip light for my Russian tortoise. It’s roughly in the middle of the enclosure and is about 20” off the ground. I was reading something just there that the light output from that uvb bulb is too much for a Russian tortoise at that height and would case him discomfort...

Ya everything’s fine now. He’s going over and exploring the other side of the enclosure much more. Thanks to everyone for the advice, everyone here is extremely helpful and highly knowledgeable. I usually mist it twice a day, morning and evening. I also give him a warm bath every morning for...

I’ve upped the temperatures in the cooler side so now’s it’s around 25-26 degrees thanks to CHE. Still no change really. He just mainly hangs out around hot side. Are you sure about the basking temperatures being that high? Because when I’ve had it higher I notice he doesn’t bask directly under...

I do have a second heater in the cooler side of the enclosure. A 60watt ceramic bulb. I could try turning that on for a few days and checking does that improve his movements into the cooler side.

I have a young Russian tortoise about a year old. He has a large enclosure with lots of stuff, rocks, plants etc. The thing is he never seems to go explore the other side of the enclosure that much. Mainly just sticks around the heated side. The temperatures are correct. Basking area is around...

He’s always hungry. His poop looks fine and he’s been steadily gaining weight since I got him. Roughly gained around 15 grams in about 6 months

No other symptoms that I can tell. Nighttime temperatures probably around 18-20 degrees c and his appetite is good

young Russian tortoise around 1 year old. Always digs a hole in roughly the same spot and goes to sleep after only being awake for about 4 hours. What could be causing this? His diet is good, the temperatures of his basking area is around 35 Celsius and the cooler area is around 21-23 degrees...

nearly finished the new enclosure now this morning. I put in another heat source to help the cooler end. You can see all temperatures in the photos, I’ll have to do a small bit of tweaking to get them right. It’s a 60 watt ceramic bulb with a wire lamp. I also have spare light dome that’s rated...

That’s perfect. Im actually in the process of finishing his new enclosure so I’ll put another heat source to help bring up the temp in the cooler side.

Ya it’s a t5 tube and uva bulb isn’t a floodlight it’s just a standard 100watt incandescent bulb. The temperature of the rest of the enclosure is usually whatever the room is so generally 18-20 degrees

Humidity’s around 65% and he has a Arcadia uvb bulb and the basking area is around 33 degrees c

I have a young Russian tortoise around 1 year old. He seems to sleep a lot during the day. I’ll feed him and bathed daily and after he eats he usually digs a hole an and goes to sleep in the same spot under the light. It seems like he’s only awake around 4-5 hours a day. Now this isn’t...

100 watt heat bulb and a Arcadia uvb tube bulb, enclosure is 6 foot x 3 foot. Humidity is the usually around 70%