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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Right now she is living in a kiddie pool in my room but I’m going to put her outside in my backyard I think this is what my backyard looks like. I will put hides up and safe proof everything.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Yes I’m not sure what I should do my parents won’t let me have her and what to release it into the wild but i said that is cruel but they don’t care since it is a wild animal. Is there any peace i could give it to because I can’t release a animal that was imported here.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Okay. Yes the temperatures where I live are perfect right now and warm. yea I am under 16. I bought the tortoise without thinking. I bought it online thinking it would be smaller and I didn’t even tel my parents I bought it.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Okay I think I am going to build an enclosure for her outside so she can get good heat and uvb. Can I keep her outside at night or bring her in at night.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    The weather was warm today in colorado and I took her outside in my backyard and she was absolutely thriving and eating every plant she saw and running around but she still will not eat any of the romaine lettuce or collard greens I gave her. Would you know why? She ate every plant in sight but...
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    I live in colorado and the weather is not warm enough for her to be out yet. I also should have mentioned that when I look at her atleast every 20 seconds she scratches her face and twitches suddenly as if something is bothering her. Since I am a brand new tortoise carer I’m not sure if this is...
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Okay i will try that. Whenever I put her in front of her food dish she just walks on top of the food I offer her. The day I got her, she tried all day to get out by climbing the walls but she hasn’t tried that since the last 2 days I got her.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Okay I will try that. Should I try and make yes the UVB is 10.0 and it screws in. I also tried feeding her grassland tortoise diet but she will still not eat it. I got her from an online store. I am not sure how old she is but she is 5 inches in length.
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    I got her two days ago and have offered her romaine lettuce, collard greens, and carrot tops dusted with calcium. Her basking temp is 90° and the temperature in the cool area is 74°. At night the temperature drops to 71°. I tried soaking her today and she drank the water but will not drink the...
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    Is my Russian tortoise sick?

    Hello. I recently got a Female Russian tortoise and it has moved very little to none. She constantly sleeps all day and when I pick her up to wake her, she immideitaly goes back to sleep after I put her down. She has not eaten any food. I have a 150watt bulb and a 10.0 UVB bulb. The enclosure is...
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