Truemanfoo
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Hi everyone, i need some help here please! He eats just fine, for the most part, and is pooping great, but he comes out in the morning to eat and goes right back into his log for the entire day and night until the next morning when i put more food in.
I never thought my creature would be this boring....we never see him as he is always hidden. Maybe he hates us Please advise, thanks!
- Got a Russian Tortoise about 3 weeks ago, we live in So Calif and he lives inside in a Tortoise house. He is about 4".
- I don't turn on our air conditioning and we leave windows open all day, so the house is normally between 65-75 year round...in the winter the inside of our home gets to 60F at it's lowest.
- Basking area sits around 97F.
- Humidity around 57%
- Coolest area of the enclosure is around 68F
- Substrate is ReptiBark which i guess is Fir Bark.
- I feed him all the right stuff, varying grocery store greens on the "ok" list and just ordered Grassland tortoise food to supplement (getting it in mail tomorrow). I sprinkle the calcium on his food 1-2x/week.
- I was using a Zoomed Powersun bulb for both UVB and heat (100w) but it was defective and i am returning it. I purchased a 100w MegaRay Mercury Vapor Bulb and will arrive tomorrow. I have been keeping this lamp on for 12 hours during the day and turning everything off at night as the lowest my house gets at night is about 70F. In the winter, i might put a ceramic heat bulb on but that rarely happens to get that cold
- I soak him in an outside tub a few days a week, for about 20 min in which case he poops, so he must be potty trained
- I know there are mixed feelings on the Tortoise House but i live in a condo and this is our only option.
I never thought my creature would be this boring....we never see him as he is always hidden. Maybe he hates us Please advise, thanks!