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Thank you for all the replies. I have fixed my errors and got a solor glo bulb with a light fixture from home depot. My basking spot is at 95ish middle 82ish and cool side 74ish

@sheilae04 I've had my russian for a few weeks now and hes gotten into the routine of waking up at 8am (because thats when I turn on his uvb light) and he starts basking while I get his food ready. He eats and then basks some more. Mine also ends up in his hide around noon ( I assume to cool...

Im offering spring mix and the grassland tortoise food sold at the pet store. I have the solar glo 125 watt uvb bulb. I have one side of the tank on 95 for the day 70ish at night and the cool side is around 70. The substrate is the loose coco fiber mixed with some type of wood stuff I got at the...

My tortoise just drank some water and afterwards started making heavy breaths and gurgling type noises. Is this what you mean? Im very nervous now.

@bryson white good to know, are their any symptoms I should look out for until I can get him to a vet?

I literally searched tortoise forum on google and this was the first site listed

My russian tortoise hasn't been eating daily. Is there any creative ways to make him want to eat? Should he be eating daily?

@ZEROPILOT Massachusetts :/

@Linhdan Nguyen Thank you for your input, I don't understand how pet stores can get away with treating animals like that, let alone not knowing what kind they are.

@Crzt4torts Thank you, I've been researching like crazy to provide him with a happy life and so far he's very interactive!

Thank you, have you had yours long?

Do you use a uvb also?

Well by reading this forum he was horribly taken of. His tank was extremely small the person said they mostly fed him kale and his temps were bad

Yeah ive been covering the humidity side with a sheet because I need to find some sort of clips to hold my lights. What kind of bulbs do you guys suggest?

Forgot to post an introduction before asking questions around the forum. So I'm KaTheya and I live in Massachusetts with my russian tortoise Raphael aka Raffy. I got Raffy at petsmart a little over a week ago. So far I am still getting used to setting things up correctly for him and continuing...

I currently have a russian tortoise that I got from petsmart about a week ago. So far most of what they've told me to do is incorrect when comparing to the care sheet on this forum. I have the bulbs they recommended: I use the infrared spot bulb at night and it leaves the temp at 80F all night...

Thank you! Helps a lot to know (:

I just recently got a tortoise that I purchased from PetSmart. I can tell the employees knew close to nothing about my tortoise. It was labeled as a testudo tortoise instead of actually saying what tortoise it is. So I was wondering if anyone could give me answers on what exactly my tortoise is...