Is this normal..?

[Ada89]

Hello!

I recently adopted a Russian tortoise (Joe) who was not being kept in very good circumstances. I'm still quite new to tortoises and learning a lot from this forum! I believe he's a young tortoise (although not really sure, this is just what the previous owners said..) and he spends a lot of his time buried, although he does come out to eat and poops normally and sits under his lamp. Is this normal or should he be more active? I know in the wild he would be hibernating this time of year. I'm hoping in the summer (I live in the UK) I can put him in an outside enclosure.

Thank you,
Caroline

 

[Yvonne G]

As long as he's eating and pooping he's probably ok

 

[Ada89]

As long as he's eating and pooping he's probably ok

Great, thanks, yeah and he seems happy enough when he's eating. I'm so new to tortoises though so I was suddenly worried maybe he's not active enough!

 

[Tom]

Hello!

I recently adopted a Russian tortoise (Joe) who was not being kept in very good circumstances. I'm still quite new to tortoises and learning a lot from this forum! I believe he's a young tortoise (although not really sure, this is just what the previous owners said..) and he spends a lot of his time buried, although he does come out to eat and poops normally and sits under his lamp. Is this normal or should he be more active? I know in the wild he would be hibernating this time of year. I'm hoping in the summer (I live in the UK) I can put him in an outside enclosure.

Thank you,
Caroline

What are the four temperatures?
What are you using for heating and lighting? UV?
What do you feed him?

 

[SurfHag]

Great, thanks, yeah and he seems happy enough when he's eating. I'm so new to tortoises though so I was suddenly worried maybe he's not active enough!

If you have access to snails, slugs, grubs I bet your Russian would love those! Mine sure did!