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I tried to post a video but it won’t let me!

No discharge, and no noises. I can hear an occasional puff of air when he’s in the bath but no wheezing or anything

he looks like he’s breathing really heavy while he isn’t in motion his front legs are going in and out and he is like gulping his throat it’s puffing out

I’m a little worried about my baby….he looks like he’s working to breathe a bit harder. Does anyone know if this is normal? If not, what can I do to help? Please no hate in the comments I’m a first time tort mom 😭

Okay thank you!!

Here’s a photo for reference, they’re getting kind of long, do I need to cut them?

Oh wow! Thanks for the advice. I’m going to build put a chicken coop around it later this week so I’ll watch for him climbing out before I do that. How should I prevent him from digging himself out under the chicken coop?

There’s cardboard at the bottom of the garden bed lining the garden, and the garden bed itself is like 6 inches tall so I don’t think he’ll be able to climb over it even if he tried to

Thank you!!

This is what I have now, I added the box for some deep shade and he has the pot. I ordered a chicken coop and I’ll set that up as soon as it comes.

wow, thank you! that is great advice. for the night box, are the lamps UV powered? how did you get electricity outside? i definitely need some heat lights in his night box but im not sure where to find some for outdoors, if you could post a link to where you got your items that would be great...

hi everyone! i have been growing a garden outside for my russian and i finally have it set up for him to live outdoors for the summer. I live in Cary, North Carolina so we have hot and humid summers however we get a lot of rain. The other night there was a thunderstorm and i freaked out and ran...

hi all, there’s a lot of worms in my backyard and i was wondering if it’s safe to feed to my russian? here’s a pic of him so it doesn’t get lost. thanks!

yes! this makes sense, he’s so clumsy always walking into things and he loves to do this thing where he walks off his rock face first into his dirt and then just lays there and falls asleep. lol. thank you! i feel better now

i noticed these two small white spots on his shell. what are they? are they normal? thanks