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Not the lettuce but she does love endive. However that's part of the problem, she refused to eat anything she used to eat before she got impacted, no matter how much she liked it.

Just to update anyone for whoever is still following, following up on her nibbling at the orange tortoise food literally called Bites, which stimulates appetite, she's been eating a few bites every other day or so. I've mixed in her pellets at times, as well as mixing in baby food of several...

She's had a break from eating for over a month since this started, probably longer.

No that's not possible. We don't have anything like that in our yard.

My theory is that the grass was maybe too much for her and too dry, even when she'd stay hydrated through soaks and drinking out of her water dish. I know they should eat mostly grass, and yet it's been the cause of her constipation at least 3 times now, which is also very confusing.

When we took her to the vet, they took x-rays. Her past constipation issues has been due to too much grass being balled up in her system, which was part of the issue this time as well. It was the vet that said she might have a calcium deficiency. She hasn't eaten anything that would cause...

African Spurred Sulcata

She's a rescue so we are unsure of her age, but we're estimating around 2 years old. She's around 20-25lbs and if I remember right around a foot in length if not bigger if that's any indication on age.

I do exactly this, no worries there. I make sure the tub is clean of soaps and dirt, and make sure it's full of warm water and check on the temp every 30min. I let her scramble to get things moving and only take her out after she's been in the tub around 2-3 hours. Half the time, when I put her...

See the vet said the opposite, and that she wasn't going due to lack of calcium, especially because she is female. They mentioned something about her body already gearing up to make eggs, even if I don't plan on breeding her or anything, and I had little reason to question the vet. What foods...

I've been doing #1 since the issue started initially, so I got things covered there. Mixing in some dog food only to get her to eat things might work. And I'm aware Torts should eat fruits as treats almost never or not at all, but when she's not eating period I have to try what I can.

I've never heard of baby food soaks. We were going to try to get some apple sauce variant under the vets recommendation to encourage eating. I'll say again that the only reason, and I mean only reason I was considering the dog food was because that is the literal only food she's gone after since...

It was, if I remember right, a Vitamin D+ shot. It took me and the vet and an assistant to give her the shot because she was being a stinker. It was a shot to help make up for her lack of calcium in her system. They also gave us some syringes with similar stuff to put in her food, but of course...

In response to everyone, yes she is warm enough. She is very good with taking care of herself when it comes to heat. The heat lamp we have for her includes heat and UV rays to mimic sunlight. When she's cold, she basks. When she's too warm, she'll go further into her house under her canopy we...

Hello again everyone. I'm sure there's a handful of threads regarding the topic, but when I browse those they never seem to have the same exact issue I am having, so I feel more comfortable when I post my issues instead. Recently my tortoise was severely constipated due to lack of calcium and...

I'll be sure to up the greens then. She loves clover but gets tired of butter leaves if I give them to her too much.

And this is why I checked to see what others had to say.

The daylight bulb is a natural light one. We don't use the red ones anymore. It gives off heat and UV without the reddish color. The night is the one that glows a faint purple. I'll look into the supplements. I was under the impression too much calcium was bad. What can I give her if I can't...

Infrared 75watts, the ones that glow purple for night. Her daylight is 100watts and also infrared. We normally feed her Zucchini, Squash, Spaghetti Squash, Acorn Squash, cooked Carrots, Mustard Greens and several other kinds of leafy greens. It all depends on what's available and cost per pound...

I just need an opinion on these bedding options for my Sulcata Tortoise. She's around 2 years old if age/size make a difference. We had cypress mulch for a good while, but all of a sudden, as if over night, she started trying to eat her bedding randomly, and I've had to pull wood chips out of...