12-07-2016, 09:59 PM | #1 |
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Tortoise isn't eating!
Hello everyone,
I have a spur-thighed tortoise that was hatched in august 2015, his name in Sheldon (Original i know ) Recently Sheldon hasn't been eating his food, also unless woken he doesn't wake up. I haven't seen him poo in a while also, at least a week. same with urates. He has lots nearly 10g which is very worrying! I bath him daily with added Reptoboost, he gets fed weeds from the garden and also weeds that i have grown. Recently i changed his enclosure and build my own one, he used to live in a vivarium (New home below) He used to have wood chip as his substrate which was changed as i didn't think it was good for him, he now has "Tortoise life" as it was new i fear he ingested some of it. At the basking end of the enclosure the temps are 30 Degrees c and at the opposite end it is 20-25 Degrees C. I also have a cuttlefish in the enclosure for him to attack, and have a calcium supplement that i put on his food from time to time. Also as you can see there is a UV tube in his enclosure, also there is a heat mat in his home which is set to turn on when it drops below 19 Degrees C. I think that's about it, if anyone has any other questions please ask as i'm starting to get worried I'm thinking about making an appointment to see the vets soon! |
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