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The above is my post in health asking basic advice on his condition and what I can do for him.
Now let me fill you in some more. I got to the pickup point early, the guy bringing him was late. He had thi guy in an empty cardboard box and his car heater was broken. It was 33 F and snowing. Hegot out, hands the box to me and says, I got $200 for the other 4, they wanted a breeding uad so I gave them the other male. You get thi one. Apparently they all lived in one cage that was 8x ft floor space with two heat lamps at one end. This little guy is supposedly 2-3 years old, and I need a ruler but I do not believe this tort is more than 4.75 inches. He told me he fed the torts half a romaine leaf each and 1/4 cup defroted frozen veggies each once everyday. I looked at the poorthing and knew I could not walk away leaving him with that guy. I paid a fee of $35 for him and put him in my boxI hjad lined with a fleece blanket that had a heat pack (like for shipping) tucked so he could not get to it. I stopped briefly at two shops on my way home besides the petco talked about in the other post to get good foods for him.
Even though thi is not the male russian I expected I am still choosing to call him Talison. I love the name and I feel extremely protective of this poor guy. I am thinking that in this condition being on cypress mulch may not be the best, but I was expecting the healthier and older male, honestly I did not know this guy exsisted. Before the guy left he told me about his 9 bearded dragons, 1 leopard tort, 2 redfoot torts, 9 crested geckos, 12 leopard geckos, and 2 ball pythons. After hearing about their enclosures I had to leave or I was going to be ill for all but the cresties. To the best of my knowledge theirs are the only ones he had done well. He said he has the leo with the redfoot torts, am I right in thinking that's bad?
By the by, thereare photos of Talison on the other thread. I'm so glad to havethis forum to turn to.
The above is my post in health asking basic advice on his condition and what I can do for him.
Now let me fill you in some more. I got to the pickup point early, the guy bringing him was late. He had thi guy in an empty cardboard box and his car heater was broken. It was 33 F and snowing. Hegot out, hands the box to me and says, I got $200 for the other 4, they wanted a breeding uad so I gave them the other male. You get thi one. Apparently they all lived in one cage that was 8x ft floor space with two heat lamps at one end. This little guy is supposedly 2-3 years old, and I need a ruler but I do not believe this tort is more than 4.75 inches. He told me he fed the torts half a romaine leaf each and 1/4 cup defroted frozen veggies each once everyday. I looked at the poorthing and knew I could not walk away leaving him with that guy. I paid a fee of $35 for him and put him in my boxI hjad lined with a fleece blanket that had a heat pack (like for shipping) tucked so he could not get to it. I stopped briefly at two shops on my way home besides the petco talked about in the other post to get good foods for him.
Even though thi is not the male russian I expected I am still choosing to call him Talison. I love the name and I feel extremely protective of this poor guy. I am thinking that in this condition being on cypress mulch may not be the best, but I was expecting the healthier and older male, honestly I did not know this guy exsisted. Before the guy left he told me about his 9 bearded dragons, 1 leopard tort, 2 redfoot torts, 9 crested geckos, 12 leopard geckos, and 2 ball pythons. After hearing about their enclosures I had to leave or I was going to be ill for all but the cresties. To the best of my knowledge theirs are the only ones he had done well. He said he has the leo with the redfoot torts, am I right in thinking that's bad?
By the by, thereare photos of Talison on the other thread. I'm so glad to havethis forum to turn to.