Squiggles
New Member
Hi, I'm new to this forum but have had Speedy, a Russian tortoise for a few years now. I feel like I should be doing a much better job than I am because the vet has given me much information,but the poor little guy isn't eating much and if I add the calcium or vitamin d that is recommended he doesn't touch food at all. I give him a bath everyday but I wasn't drying him off until I started reading this I also wasn't changing up his cage with new and exciting things until I read this, but the most exciting thing I've come up with now are pebbles. I had a dig box in there with dirt I bought from home depot but after reading this I took it out. When I got him he came with no water because he got his water from his food. He was very thirsty. He was also on rocks and nothing else. He is now on hay and newspaper. I was putting his food on the hay and not in a dish, I will address that today. his cage is quite small considering all the things i've read but apparently a tortoise table is not something you use indefinitely so I probable won't start with one. I live in the Chicago area so i cant put him outside but I take him out. He finds a bite or two of weeds out there but mostly just wants to hide. If anyone has a good description or picture of an indoor cage that would be very helpful, and any other ideas to get him to eat. One last thing, do there beaks (nose) grow like a bird, I might just be imagining it?