Recent content by Zack and Kora

I stated in a previous reply what I feed her and the humidity is usually in na range of around 30-40 with high points up to about 60 when I spray in there every once in a while

I feed her spring mix from the grocery store which has a mix of different romaine lettuce and collard greens along with some other greens. I also feed her some tortoise formula that comes in little pellets every once in a while

I've had her for a little over a year and I got her at PetSmart

I'll post some pictures of my Russian Tortoise's shell just to make sure I'm taking good care of her and things are okay. She has wide whiteish growth rings and some weird peely places on her plastron.

I posted about this before but didn't get the help that I really needed. My russian tortiose began forming these white rings as it grew and they just keep getting wider. Am i doing something wrong with my care? I attatched a picture of the shell.

I purposely got a bulb that would be able to shine down into the tank

Yeah I bought her at petsmart. I am Zack and yes I drew my avatar :)

Okay. Kora isn't a baby, but do you know of a way to tell how old a russian tortoise is?

The box says "UVB 150" but its a 26 watt bulb.

Thanks, Tom

I'm sure they aren't that bad... I've been using them for like 6 months and my tortoise can see fine

I believe so

I use an ExoTerra Reptile UVB 150 bulb about 16 inches above the substrate and the humidity is normally around 20-30%

So my russian tortoise has some white rings on its shell that appeared about a month ago and i've had her for about 6 months. Are they just growth rings and will darken or are they a problem?

Here in Mass it gets quite cold during the winter and my heat lamp wasnt quite doing the job in my 40- gallon breeder tank. I went to PetSmart and bought an All Living Things heating pad and in the instructions it said it could be mounted on either the bottom or side of the tank. To avoid having...