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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Okay so I have basking light and I replaced the EXO 26w bulb with the light tubes the temperature under the basking bulb on the warm side is around 95-100 and the cooler side it is 75-80 and I put a lamp up for some ambient light.
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Okay Update on Tito. I have bought all locally organic grown plants but it seems that he only likes the kale with occasion to eating dandelion. I have grown my own grass and he seems to eat that occasionally. I have reduced his UVB intake from 12 hours a day to 6. The warm side of his house sits...
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    I was told online to have the UV lights on all day since Russians tortoises need 8-12 hours of UV exposer a day let me know if that's wrong. With the heat lights and the UV lights the encloser stays pretty bright and under the Heat lights it stays around 90-100 degree and in areas around the...
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Its compact florescent bulbs
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Its Ohio and on the warm side of his encloser it is 80ish degrees and on the cooler side its around 70. The humidity is 50% all the time. I use UVB 10 23W anywhere there is light at, but I do have a few logs and stuff he is able to get under if he wants out of the light. I use reptile mulch and...
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Should I try any new foods I feel like it cant be good for him to eat the same thing everyday
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    Update on Tito I have a 20 square foot encloser for him but he refuses to explore past a 1 square foot area in the corner. I put a food bowl in the opposite corner from is house "Log he likes to sleep under" and he refuses to travel farther then 10 inches from his house. He will not eat unless I...
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    New Russian tortoise and would like some help.

    I bought a Russian tortoise from pet smart. I talked to the managers at the store and they told me that their Russian tortoises we all CB and younger then a couple years. So I got the tortoise and I have been planning on getting a Tortoise for some time. But now that I have the Tito the tortoise...
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