Spur thigh sleeping all the time

clair · 23-03-2013, 07:11 PM

Hi my 6 year old spur thigh keeps sleeping all the time and doesn't get up to eat. The temperatures are right in her cage but she just holes up in her flower pot and doesn't go to the basking end at all.
She didn't hibernate this year as she had treatment at vets for weight loss.
When I wake her up I give her a warm bath and put her under her light and she will eat some weeds but then goes straight to sleep again.
Any help appreciated.

NATURALIS · 23-03-2013, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by clair

Hi my 6 year old spur thigh keeps sleeping all the time and doesn't get up to eat. The temperatures are right in her cage but she just holes up in her flower pot and doesn't go to the basking end at all.
She didn't hibernate this year as she had treatment at vets for weight loss.
When I wake her up I give her a warm bath and put her under her light and she will eat some weeds but then goes straight to sleep again.
Any help appreciated.

Try soaking in reptoboost

**Alan1** · 23-03-2013, 08:17 PM

My torts don't hibernate but have a spell of reduced activity where they eat only maybe every 3-5 days and don't move otherwise, a couple of months of that and they are doing handstands

clair · 24-03-2013, 02:44 PM

I will get some reptoboost. Alan do you think I should still wake her up or not panic too much. She is a good weight now?

23-03-2013, 07:11 PM	#1
clair Member Incubating Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kent Posts: 135	Spur thigh sleeping all the time Hi my 6 year old spur thigh keeps sleeping all the time and doesn't get up to eat. The temperatures are right in her cage but she just holes up in her flower pot and doesn't go to the basking end at all. She didn't hibernate this year as she had treatment at vets for weight loss. When I wake her up I give her a warm bath and put her under her light and she will eat some weeds but then goes straight to sleep again. Any help appreciated. __________________

24-03-2013, 02:44 PM	#4
clair Member Incubating Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kent Posts: 135	I will get some reptoboost. Alan do you think I should still wake her up or not panic too much. She is a good weight now? __________________

23-03-2013, 08:17 PM	#3
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	My torts don't hibernate but have a spell of reduced activity where they eat only maybe every 3-5 days and don't move otherwise, a couple of months of that and they are doing handstands

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