Hi there, my 9 year old son found this little guy outside our house (UK) the other day. He must be someone’s pet, we have knocked on neighbors doors but no one has claimed him.
I’m more than happy to keep him, in fact I’ve fallen in love with him!
Anyway I think it’s a male Russian, he’s very nosey and inquisitive, he’s eating and bathing and drinking well. I made him a hide filled with substrate to dig down in for the night as we are keeping him outside.
He seems very happy but when we found him he was extremely dehydrated, he had huge amounts of skin shedding from him which had gone now thank goodness.
I have tried the power of 3 formula to work out if he’s weighing up ok and he is 5.5” but weighs 357g, apparently he’s ideal weight would be 524g so I’m concerned he was lost for quite sometime. His beak is also severely overgrown which I will get clipped at vet tomorrow hopefully. As said before he is eating well.
Anyway, all the help you can give me is greatly welcomed as we have been thrown into the deep end [emoji3] and learning as we go which might not be ideal but we are prepared to get him everything he needs.
He also roams around the garden, in the dirt and soil when I’m out there.
He’s eating dandelion leaves, clover, some kale with some tortoise pellets.
Can you please let me know if I need to change anything and what species/sex you think it is.
Thank you in advance
Pictures below
I’m more than happy to keep him, in fact I’ve fallen in love with him!
Anyway I think it’s a male Russian, he’s very nosey and inquisitive, he’s eating and bathing and drinking well. I made him a hide filled with substrate to dig down in for the night as we are keeping him outside.
He seems very happy but when we found him he was extremely dehydrated, he had huge amounts of skin shedding from him which had gone now thank goodness.
I have tried the power of 3 formula to work out if he’s weighing up ok and he is 5.5” but weighs 357g, apparently he’s ideal weight would be 524g so I’m concerned he was lost for quite sometime. His beak is also severely overgrown which I will get clipped at vet tomorrow hopefully. As said before he is eating well.
Anyway, all the help you can give me is greatly welcomed as we have been thrown into the deep end [emoji3] and learning as we go which might not be ideal but we are prepared to get him everything he needs.
He also roams around the garden, in the dirt and soil when I’m out there.
He’s eating dandelion leaves, clover, some kale with some tortoise pellets.
Can you please let me know if I need to change anything and what species/sex you think it is.
Thank you in advance
Pictures below
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