I was given a Russian tortoise (Jeffrey) a few days ago by a neighbour who said he wasn't able to look after him properly . He has been a very welcome addition to our family and we all love him already but I'm anxious and want to make sure we are caring for him the best we can .
Jeffrey is in a large enclosure with woodchip (bought from a reptile shop) he has a heat lamp and a UVB light (broke when we got him but iv replaced it with a new one) , a few large pieces of bark for sleeping under and basking on . Some stone, a large flat water dish and a slightly smaller food dish . Wee have been letting him out to walk about the house during the day and he has been outside once (we don't get many nice sunny days here in Ireland) we have soaked him in some shallow lukewarm water for about 10 minutes after watching a utube video on the best way to do it .
His nails seem to be very long , a really helpful staff member at the reptile shop cut them a tiny bit
but he wasn't able to trim very much off them .
I would really appreciate some advice we have never owned a tortoise before and we want him to be happy here
Thank you, clare , Northern Ireland .
Jeffrey is in a large enclosure with woodchip (bought from a reptile shop) he has a heat lamp and a UVB light (broke when we got him but iv replaced it with a new one) , a few large pieces of bark for sleeping under and basking on . Some stone, a large flat water dish and a slightly smaller food dish . Wee have been letting him out to walk about the house during the day and he has been outside once (we don't get many nice sunny days here in Ireland) we have soaked him in some shallow lukewarm water for about 10 minutes after watching a utube video on the best way to do it .
His nails seem to be very long , a really helpful staff member at the reptile shop cut them a tiny bit
but he wasn't able to trim very much off them . I would really appreciate some advice we have never owned a tortoise before and we want him to be happy here
Thank you, clare , Northern Ireland .
