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My Russian is soo great but spoiled as hell lol...he is now "trained" to come over to the edge of his enclosure when ever we are by it to get a treat!! he'll even put his front legs over the lip of the enclosure and stand to get closer to us in hopes of food...we feed him all kinds of veggies and what not and he loves for us to hand feed him, which i find odd b/c he is WC!! I can't wait to get him a lil girlfriend lol
~Katie

oh yeah ... do i have to do anything like clip his nails or anything?? i tried to also give him a cuttle bone but he wouldnt touch it...thanks!

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From the photo it looks like his nails are fine.

Try to have rock surfaces in his enclosure. They like to dig and scrape around and the rock helps wear down the nails. Also, if you keep him outdoors at all he will dig around enough to keep trim.

My males rarely if ever eat cuttlebone, but the females will.

I try to feed them tough, chewy foods every once in awhile to help wear down the beak. Things like carrot and the stems of collard greens. Also most weeds are tougher than the typical grocery greens. Putting the food on a rock or slate surface may help.

that's cool. never tried hand feeding mine but i bet i could. he charges me with his head craned up like that when i show up with food at his eating mat. i'll have to try it.

cuttlebone smells like fish, and most tortoises seem to hate the smell of fish. Mine would never get near his cuttlebone. If you want to use a cuttlebone, rinse it and let it air out a few times, and maybe the tortoise will like it better that way.

That's the answer. I put my cuttlebone outside for about two months. After it's been rained on and weathered, my RT will eat it with no problems, but he won't touch it before that.

Nina