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  1. Matt99

    Russian tortoise temp

    I took the temps in his cage and they where high, I rased his heat lamp and now his basking spot is 100. Thanks for the help guys!
  2. Matt99

    Russian tortoise temp

    I have a 100 watt heat bulb, on the box it says 6 inches for 87 to 95 so that's where I put it. My house temp is noremaly around 70-75 is that a good healthy temp range. I do have a heat pad but he doesn't seem to care for it.
  3. Matt99

    Russian tortoise temp

    Will my tort be active if his ecloser 70 with a basking spot of 85. My tort is being "lazy" after I moved him to a much bigger encloser last weekend, he wont get up if i dont lay him in his heat lamp, but he does sit in his little whole he makes every night and look aroud, also he will eat, and...
  4. Matt99

    Looking to buy

    I would strongly advise that you get uvb for your tort, they need it for like 14 hours a day. You can buy the bulb at amazon for around 20$ and wallmart sells heat lamps (with no bulb) that uvb will work in for 6$. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00101GDIG/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20...
  5. Matt99

    Russian tortoise shell chiping

    Ya he did try to escape alot before, in his first too small encloser so maybe he just has some chipping from that, The last time I tried peet moss (for a difforent tort) I was down for like 3 days. I have really bad allerdies so dusty stuff just kills me:shy:
  6. Matt99

    Hey

    RE: Biting I had a estern box turtel try to bite me so i fed it some worms and it stoped, so it might just want some protein or somthing.
  7. Matt99

    Russian tortoise shell chiping

    Thanks for the advise. im glad some one new to tortoises is getting to know alot off of the forum maybe i'll be able to give someone advise one day:P
  8. Matt99

    Russian tortoise shell chiping

    Ok thank you, I am not able to swich to coconut (it makes me sick) so will he be healthy with this or should i worry further.
  9. Matt99

    Russian tortoise shell chiping

    Hi my russian tortoise shell is starting to chip, is thhis bad if so how bad, can i fix it on my own? should i take him to the vet or just leave it alone? i have a pic it looks like its starting to heal, maybe, just tell me what to do Thanks.:(
  10. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    thanks so much! youu made me feel a lot better! i will see if i can theif any of my moms plants, lol.:P
  11. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    So i put the cypress in his pin and after checking it out, he started to pace the ground trying to escape! he only tried on the right side where he could see my wall, is this normal? I read some where that this happens if the cage is to small, and I have read that the bin should be 5 of him...
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    RT, how am i doing so far?

    Thanks again guys i got the cypress mulch and he seems to like it more than sand. The mulch i got is 100% cypress and 100% natural. and thanks for the further temp advise.
  13. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    Thanks every one for the advise. I'm not sure if he's from a breeder but I got him in the winter so I don't think he was imported, I called the week before i got him and they said they had none there. I'm getting cypress mulch today so thanks for telling me about the moisture.
  14. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    Thank you, i got him at petco they had not had him long, so he was still perfectly heathy from the breeder, he's doing really good and i've had him for about a mouth now.
  15. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    Thanks for the links, I sadly don't have a temp gun but i do have the four zones in the bin, i will try to get a temp gun as soon as I can. also what do you think I should use other than sand? cypress bedding is one i've heard of a lot what do you think of it.
  16. Matt99

    RT, how am i doing so far?

    hello i just got my RT and i was thinking i would show you guys how i keep him and what i do to keep him healthy pleas tell me what you think and if i should change anything, thanks for reeding. first of all he is a 4" RT named tortamorr he is living in my room in a indiana home where the...
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