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RE: russian tortoise questions

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Posted by: bradtort at Wed Apr 19 12:09:34 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bradtort ]  
   

If the temps are good (no lower than the 60s at night, with daytime temps in the 70s and 80s with a basking spot in the 90s), and there's plenty of bright light during the day, then you might want to consider the weather conditions. Sometimes they seem to react to cold and gloomy weather even if they are outdoors.

Also, I've noticed that indoor animals are less active than those kept outdoors. When outdoors they spend a lot of time moving in and out of prime basking areas, which changes as the sun moves, and they also spend a lot of time looking for food. And if there are other tortoises, they also like to annoy each other a lot :->

Also dehydration can slow them down. Do you soak him a couple times a week? Does his enclosure have an area with higher humidity, or a substrate he can dig into at night?

Overfeeding can slow them down. I noticed that when I kept a russian hatchling indoors and fed him lots of pelleted foods he became more sluggish.

And sometimes you just never know. Being safe and indoors, the tort probably feels less compelled to be active.


   

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