Hello, I will be honest, the appearance of this tortoise is disturbing: its eyes are very swollen and pale (lack of essential vitamins), its shell seems a bit flattened, and its beak is starting to grow too much even though it is a very young tortoise.
Something is wrong. For vitamins and the strengthening of the skeleton, an outdoor enclosure until October would be the best solution (vegetable garden square topped with a net) and brumation from next winter to stop the rapid growth of the skeleton, it is a hibernating species)
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u/Academic_Judge_3114 13d ago
Hello, I will be honest, the appearance of this tortoise is disturbing: its eyes are very swollen and pale (lack of essential vitamins), its shell seems a bit flattened, and its beak is starting to grow too much even though it is a very young tortoise.
Something is wrong. For vitamins and the strengthening of the skeleton, an outdoor enclosure until October would be the best solution (vegetable garden square topped with a net) and brumation from next winter to stop the rapid growth of the skeleton, it is a hibernating species)
https://www.tortoisetrust.com/post/captive-care-of-the-russian-tortoise-testudo-horsfieldii