Thankyou!Looks like it might be a Testudo marginata.
We live in scotland, I'd kill him in the cold even if I could find sunlight here atm, so hes by the heater with that light...wide awake, kinda pulsing his limbs under the rays. Hes eating and passing fine, just chased the cat away...gees, I'm feeling like a first time mummy atm. I'm really appreciating everyones help. Thankyou!Get a good uvb light or get him out in some natural sunlight as much as possible. To me it looks like he has, or at one time had some MBD going on. His shell looks pretty funky.
Hes like a tree, all bark like...I can bathe him?He may be dehydrated, and will need some nice long warm soaks anyway, whatever else is done.
Absolutely you can! He will benefit from warm soaks every day to start with...but the brumation thing, I know nothing about so that will have to be discussed further since you are going to keep him indoors and not brumate him...in which case certainly do the warm soaks.Hes like a tree, all bark like...I can bathe him?
We were given this but I'll head to the pet shop tomorrow !
Right, thanks Tom!!!NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! {Dramatic horror movie yell....}
You will get nothing but bad advice and bad products from a pet shop. Save yourself that hassle and expense, and save your tortoise from dangerous pet store crap. Most of what you need will be found at a hardware store, not a pet shop.
Care for all Testudo is similar. Read these and then come back with questions.
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/russian-tortoise-care-sheet.80698/