Hi, my sisters and I are quite new on how to raise a tortoise. Our neighbor just gave us one, as she did not want him, and we're having a bit of trouble. I researched how to take care of one on so many different websites, I kind of understand what to feed him, how his habitat should be, etc.
(He's a Russian tortoise, and we're in California, USA)
However, he seems to bleed quite a bit. The first day we got him, we fed him, the. He exercised, took a nap, and woke up. Then he started biting his tongue out of nowhere. Then it started bleeding quite a bit, so we wiped it with a cotton swab and he stopped freaking out. The second day, he did the same - randomly biting his tongue so we did the same. Now today, the third day, we started feeding him by hand then we stopped and let him eat himself. But he bit his tongue while he was bleeding we wiped him again, and now he's under his little burrow sleeping.
It seems whenever he eats, he bites his tongue. We didn't get to feed him barely anything today! Can anyone help? I'm really worried.
(He's a Russian tortoise, and we're in California, USA)
However, he seems to bleed quite a bit. The first day we got him, we fed him, the. He exercised, took a nap, and woke up. Then he started biting his tongue out of nowhere. Then it started bleeding quite a bit, so we wiped it with a cotton swab and he stopped freaking out. The second day, he did the same - randomly biting his tongue so we did the same. Now today, the third day, we started feeding him by hand then we stopped and let him eat himself. But he bit his tongue while he was bleeding we wiped him again, and now he's under his little burrow sleeping.
It seems whenever he eats, he bites his tongue. We didn't get to feed him barely anything today! Can anyone help? I'm really worried.