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TessaRuth · 07-07-2019, 07:01 PM

Our Horsefield tortoise was a regular eater (about six times a week) until mid-May. I live in Southern England. Then his eating went down to about three times a week and he has now not eaten at all for three weeks. I have taken him to two vets, one a specialist reptile vet, and both have said that they do not think he is ill. The reptile vet got some food into him and gave me Reptoboost to bathe him in. The vet said the problem may be behavioural and possibly linked to the urge to breed. In every way, out tortoise appears healthy and lively - walking around the garden at good speed. I've tried to tempt him with all sorts of foods but nothing works. Does anyone have experience of a healthy tortoise that just stopped eating?

07-07-2019, 07:01 PM	#1
TessaRuth Junior Member Egg Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 22	Healthy tortoise not eating. Help please! Our Horsefield tortoise was a regular eater (about six times a week) until mid-May. I live in Southern England. Then his eating went down to about three times a week and he has now not eaten at all for three weeks. I have taken him to two vets, one a specialist reptile vet, and both have said that they do not think he is ill. The reptile vet got some food into him and gave me Reptoboost to bathe him in. The vet said the problem may be behavioural and possibly linked to the urge to breed. In every way, out tortoise appears healthy and lively - walking around the garden at good speed. I've tried to tempt him with all sorts of foods but nothing works. Does anyone have experience of a healthy tortoise that just stopped eating?