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    Russian eating substrate?

    He doesn't have any plants in there right now, he ate all the ones I was growing before. I sprinkle calcium powder on his food about twice a week. I also spray the substrate every day, and add water to it so he can burrow to the moist bits. He had a cuttlebone, but he pooped on it. I think he...
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    Russian eating substrate?

    This is a curious problem, I have a Russian, only about 8 months old, and recently I have caught him trying to eat clumps of substrate. But I feed him very regularly, I might be feeding him a bit too much even. I use coco coir with sphagnum peat moss mixed in. I rotate him between an indoor and...
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    Combining Rubbermaid containers?

    Thanks for all the tips! I like the c clamp idea. (:
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    Combining Rubbermaid containers?

    Hello everyone, I have a 6 month old Russian tort, and he has been living in a 40 gallon aquarium thus far. But I know glass isn't good for them, and I can see him getting all stressed out by the glass and whatnot. So I got two large rubbermaids, and cut the sides out, as I have seen many...
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