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Basking spot is about 95F and the rest of her enclosure is 80-85.

This may be a stupid question but should I let my russian tort burry itself deep into the substrate?

Same with mine, after the injection she could barely walk. The first time I had to give her antibiotics orally she tried to eat the syringe so it was pretty easy then. But now everything she sees a syringe she tries to get away from it. Now I just put it on some carrot and mix it in with some...

I have got her to eat the carrot with antibiotics on it. After injections, she acts very weird. She just sits there and does not move at all and barely responds to anything. This lasts a while aswell. I would honestly rather give the baytrill orally cause i feel it's less stress for her than...

It's a russian tort 3years. Brought her to the vet because she was showing symptoms of a respiatory infection. She had stopped eating, sometimes her breathing was noisy, she'd stretch her neck out and her eyes would swell up, and alot of sneezing and yawning. The vet confirmed it was a...

I have to give my tort antibiotics orally. I'm finding very difficult to get the syringe in her mouth and I feel I'm stressing her out alot. Can I just put the antibiotics on a bit of carrot and give it to her? Thanks

She's only 4 inches

She's only 3 and still got a good bit left to grow, the enclosure is about 4x4 foot and outside is not possible here where I live(she gets only a few weeks outside during the summer when it's really warm). I soak her everyday for 30min to make sure she's hydrated, do i still need a bigger bowl?

Almost done. Just got the exo terra light unit this morning and set it up. All i need now is alot of orchid bark for the top layer. Also going to get more spider plants and some flat rocks for the basking spot.

I think it's just for uva

Would the exo terra light unit be ok to use?

I'm almost finished the new enclosure. Just need to add a few more things to it. I need to get another lamp and a bulb that has both uvb and uva. I need to add in more coco coir and then add orchid bark as a top layer. What other plants can i add in? I already have a young spider plant in the...

I will send another pic when it's fully done?

Thanks man, can't wait for the substrate to arrive so I can get her moved in

This is as big as I can go for now. The tort is still only 2-3years and I think this is a big upgrade for her. Of course, when she grows I will make a bigger enclosure. I was also thinking of adding some spider plants in aswell. Are they ok for tortoises?

Thanks, I only have one tortoise and she still quite small

It's looks small in the photo but it's not. 3.5 x 3.5 feet

Yeah I'm currently using orchid bark as a top layer on top of the coco coir. I have caught my torotise trying to eat the bark a few times.

Is orchid bark the same as fir bark?

So just orchid bark, nothing else?