Whats my tortoise doing?

Dovis Sim

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I have a russian tort and she is acting very weird. She looks like shes stretching but i am not sure. Her eyes kinda get a bit swollen as well when she *stretches*. I will attach a video. She is eating well, dandilion greens, romaine lettuce and chard. She is pooping but the poop is not very solid, i think its because i added the romaine lettuce to her diet recently. She did have a respiatary infection two weeks ago and she got antibiotics, baytril via injection once and oraly every day for 4 days after. I am giving her warm water soaks every 2 days for 20min. Shes been acting like this since the respiatary infection. Could the infection have come back? Thanks in advance for any help.
 

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Please enclose photos of enclosure and how are you heating and lighting the enclosure. What excactly (laser temp gun) temepratures
 

Dovis Sim

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Please enclose photos of enclosure and how are you heating and lighting the enclosure. What excactly (laser temp gun) temepratures
I am using a desert uvb bulb by exo terra and a daylight basking bulb also by exoterra. The basking spot is 93F. She has a heating mat during the night, she is not in direct contact with the mat.
 

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The UVB "BULB" is a known cause for eye issues including blindness.
It can certainly be stressful enough to cause odd behavior.
Only use actual sunlight or a T5 UVB strip florescent. A 10.0 (or 12%) for UVB.
I'd stop using that bulb right away. It's better to have no UVB for a short while than to continue to use it.
The heat mat is another issue. But not as high a priority. Heat should come from above. So, a CHE is the best choice for night heat as they give off no light.
 

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