whortoise
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Hi im super worried about my russian baby, i came home to find the water dish has a rusty pee color and there was some white feces (?) in it. Im worried that she might be sick or something. Ill try to attach an image
Baby russian’s pee color
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Standard urates and color. WHat are your temps and humidity levels in the enclosure? Also how often are you soaking?
whortoise
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Temps: 80 under CHE and in humid hide, 90-96 under basking lamp
Not sure about humidity, but i did order some humidity gauges that should be coming Friday but I dampen the substrate with warm water every morning and spray with warm water everyday. I also have tinfoil that i cover most of the top with just to keep everything in. They leave some room around the lamps open.
I soak the baby every morning (just because I wasn’t sure if she was going in her water bowl, I didn’t see evidence of her going in until today)
And just to make sure, I use topsoil as my substrate and I have basking lamp, UVB/UBA lamp, and a heating lamp. I feed her collards, cactus pad, a weed, a mulberry leaf, and a couple of Mazuri pellets (she has only ever eaten one pellet but I give it as an option). Thank you so much!
Other than expect to be treated like you are the help all seems in order. Just make sure the soil is just plain dirt-some have additives like sand and vermiculite (the little white balls) if so you can use a cypress mulch (in VA about $4) or since you are in CA you can get fine fir bark in large bags (about $20) which is so much better. Fir Bark looks nice and holds mositure underneath while being dry on top. I have to settle for $15 for a 24 quart bag not the big 2 cubic foot bags. Also plantain the weed and hibiscus are my Russians favorites
