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Quick update. She's a little more active, though usually only a few hours a day - and she's finally eating on her own :) I did not have to hand feed today. I'm using a vegetable/fruit mix and she is starting to pick at the veges.. mostly the peas. She will not touch the lettuce. I've come to the...

Look who bathed herself after actually eating some vegetables.... :-) I switched to a vegetable/fruit mix and then added a few fresh pieces of honey dew in the mix. She ate all the honey dew, a bit of the dry fruit and some vegetables... she didn't touch any of the lettuce, but I'm happy...

Cool. I'm going to soak her when I get back from work... I have a second water dish I had taken out due to it being really big. I could use that. Also... this might sound a little weird, but I think she's a bit of a metal-head. I listen to a lot of music, and a wide verity, everything from blues...

She hates being soaked via a dish but for some reason she loves it when I spray her shell with water. She loves standing under the humidifier too, where the steam comes out. Strange tortoise.

If I cover the top with plastic wrap will the UVB lighting still penetrate?

Thanks. I have good UVB lighting. I got her eating the calcium treats along with her food. I'm giving her less and less fruit.. Still having trouble with getting her to eat veges. However she seems to be interested in the peas, but not the dry peas i gave her, She nibble on them a little.. So...

I have a new question. She went after the fruit this morning again, and strangely when she pooped, it was a little runny there was a lot of it.. and it was green ??? However, afterwards she was hyper, playful and seemed very healthy. So I'm not that concerned, but it green poop normal?

More good news. I think she found a new favorite food. I gave her a small piece of honey dew melon which she went wild for. She ate about half a small cube, and after I woke up i saw she ate most of the other half, minus two small pieces which she brought to wear she sleep. Still not eating her...

I went to the store today. I got lucky and the day woman were working late (I work steady graveyards so I never get to see them). She cleared up a lot. She knew exactly what I was talking about. It seems the lady there was quite close to the tortoise. When I started talking she immediately said...

They were feeding it these dried green flakes. I'm going there today so I could find out what it was.

This is the set up right now. The home isn't actually on the ground. I was cleaning the table earlier so I took the opportunity to take a picture while it was there. There is a roof where the tortoise is. I have it open there so you could see the size of the tort in comparison. The back wall...

Thanks. I'll probably take pics after I get home from work. Upload them tomorrow. I downloaded the care sheet, and plan to print it out tonight. It's going to be a huge help since the store I bought it from was the smaller pet store rather then a large chain. On the plus side the deal with...

Yes I have a digital temp, humidity gauge. Still loosing lots of humidity, though I'm keeping it about 60 now, with a drop to about 50. The issue I'm pretty sure is my place is really dry (I'm in a basement). Also I think the wood chip I bought for her bedding don't hold water very well. They...

I'm going to have to invest in a humidifier. I've went to three wet face cloths and they are keeping the humidity at around 60 now. But good news. She ate by herself, while I was at work. Not much, and like a child she tossed her greens aside eating only the berries. She didn't eat a lot but...

Thanks, both of you. I'm going to add another face cloth on top, cause the first one seems to be raising the humidity. I live in a basement so it's naturally dry in there. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. At the pet store they kept saying she so I picked up the habit. They don't know. It's...

I just got my first tortoise a few days ago. I actually went in to start up a fish aquarium, or get some turtles , but fell for a little red foot tortoise. Built a wooden home for her and bought her the next day. The problem I'm having is she wont eat unless I feed her by hand. For the past two...