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    Greek tortoise sneezing

    I did boost the temperatures yesterday like you said to do and did get the temperature to raise. His warm end is 98-100F. I'm going to try and lower it more so its in that 100 to 105 range. Right now its dead center on 100F. Directly under the basking spot is 103-105F Cool end is 85-90F <- his...
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    Greek tortoise sneezing

    Hi! Thank you so much for all of the information it really helps a lot. But today I've been sitting next to his enclosure , and I'm positive he sneezed, he did pull his head back but I saw little bubble come out of his nose. He reached over to one of his front legs to wipe his fave a little...
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    Greek tortoise sneezing

    Yep! He does pull his head in, good to know its normal! So if he isn't pulling his head in then it's sneezing ( just so i know in-case)?
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    Greek tortoise sneezing

    Hi, today will be the third day I've had my Greek tortoise, and I can't tell if he did it yesterday (I have a feeling he did), but when I was feeding him today he pulled back a little and sneezed! He has sneezed three times within the last hour and 10 minutes I've been feeding him Romaine...
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    Need help and info on Greek tortoise please!

    Thanks so much! I'll work on getting the mercury bulb today! What about cypress mulch? I live in Delaware and I'm having a hard time finding coconut coir around me.
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    Hi! new here

    Hi there! I'm new to using this site and owning tortoises, I only have one and got him yesterday. He is a Greek tortoise, and I thought I posted a thread to the Greek tortoise forum but I haven't seen it pop up yet, did I do something wrong? I asked a lot of questions so it was a bit long, could...
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    Need help and info on Greek tortoise please!

    Hello! I'm new to this site (like just created my account this morning new) and also new to owning tortoises. I actually just got my Greek tortoise yesterday morning, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed right now. I spent the better half of my day (yesterday) building an enclosure for him because...
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