Read some of the care sheets for this species. The most important things are the correct temperature, humidity level and diet. These things are critical to its survival.
Lettuce has just about ZERO nutritional value. BUT glad she did eat and poo!
Kale and Mustard Greens, Collard greens are good. The diet sheet has loads of variety you can offer, and some good wild stuff like cactus pads and clover, all very good for them.
If the tortoise is cold it will not eat or move around and will be unable to digest anything that it may nibble on anyway. Cold and dry are bad. Warm and humid are good.
What kind of tortoise do you have? This will help us to advise you on its care.
You make it more humid by keeping dry air out and have her enclosure kind of like an enclosed plant house. We need to see some pics of your tortoise and the enclosure she is kept in. We also need to know what kind of tortoise you have! Some tortoises need a lot more humidity than others. This is key to our helping you. I am not the expert here at all, I have just learned from what others have taught me.Thank you Tammy. How do I make it humid? I have just ordered another lamp that my youngest broke, it should be here tomorrow.
I will indeed look for some other foodstuffs for her. I feel totally irresponsible for getting her and getting it so wrong!
Soak the baby every day in warm water.I just purchased a leopard tortoise hatchling a week ago and she still has not taken a bite of any food... I keep the Baskin area at 85+ and the rest of the terrarium at 80...I did have the substrate dry and just watered and mixed to bring up the humidity, will this work?
I have done everything mentioned above and bought a new infared bulb to increase heat, still not eating. Will take to vet in the morningHello and welcome. Are you the same person that made this thread 3 years ago?
seems like and old thread.
Anyway.
Soak the baby every day in warm water.
there is also something called ‘baby food soak’ search on the forum for that. People say it stimulates the eating behavior.
Yes mix warm water into the substrate so it is damp. Then pack it down well. You also need closed chamber environment to keep the heat and humidity in.
I think the basking temp needs to be hotter for this species.
Use the search function here to find care sheet for sulcata and leopard tortoise.