Thank you for your reply.
1. I have read those care sheets and I know that what I have isn't enough. I don't plan on feeding him that exclusively. It is just our first day and it was the first thing I offered :) I wanted to give him the pellets because I figured that is what he was familiar...
I am currently providing the food pellets that came with him from the breeder plus some spring mix. He has not eaten anything yet, though. He has just been buried for most of the time.
His current enclosure is 36" x 24". Not ideal, I know, but it is temporary until I can build something bigger...
Hey everyone! I just got a new Russian tortoise yesterday morning (my first ever tortoise). When I first put him into his enclosure, he walked to the back corner and buried himself in the substrate. I understand that this is normal behavior, right? Yesterday afternoon, I moved him to the...