His appetite is fine but doesn't as good as before I guess. Touch it and he didn't show any pain so I guess it is not painful, and doesn't feel like an swelling anywhere. Very weird, it just happened...here is the picture of his enclosure and closer pic. Thank you for helping me.
by giving him great size living quarters and seeking help when you noticed signs of trouble. Good for you and your tort! If you are indeed a new keeper, this will be a very exciting time for you, lots of reading/learning, and your tort will thrive. You have come to the right place. Look up the TORTOISE LIBRARY (search it here on this site or even google, it'll pop up). It has tons of great info. Then look through the different areas of the forum. There are some great threads on every possible topic you need covered. Are you new to the forum? And torts? If so, please tell us about yourself and your tort and let us know how she/he is doing
Hello Yvonne! Yes, he can go outside to get sunshine two hours a day. Hope this is only cause of rubbing myself. I decided to wait and see. Thank you and good morning~
Thank you soooo much for your help! Keep typing so much! Enthusiastic to give me so much helpful advise, yeah!! Sorry that I slept last night, living in San Francisco right now. And good morning^_^. Yes, I'm a new member here and still confuse about the rules in the forum. If I did anything wrong please point me out, thanks! He is a boy showing by his tail, and he lives in the middle of China. I have breed turtles for two years but only know a feel, hope to learn more here!That's right! Gillian reminded me of my manners! In my defense, I didn't realize you might be new to the forum. If indeed you are, I too, welcome you If the redness is caused by the skin rubbing against a shell, it should be gone in a matter of just couple of days after she stops doing it. To help the irritated skin heal in humans we use Vitamin E (oil) or I suppose one could really use any type of organic gentle moisturizer. I hear that some folks use coconut oil on Tortoise shells. Look in your kitchen and see if you have coconut or even olive oil. O Vitamin E! Either in it's oil or capsule form. With capsule you'd just puncture a hole with a shapt point of knife or needle and squeeze the contents out. All you'd need is just a drop to gently massage it in the red area. Do this couple of times a day and give your tort opportunity for daily excercise. In a wild they do tons of walking and exploring. I am new to this and haven't figured out how to include links, but hopefully some forum savvy members will chime in to give you links to care sheets and info on enclosures. Your looks like it's great size, but I think you need different substrate (the stuff your tort walks and sleeps on). Also not sure what you have for lighting, heat and all the other things to create conditions that would mimic her natural environment. If you are new to this hobby (like I am) I'd encourage you to reasearch the species of your tortoise as much as you can. It is obvious that you care about her (him
Thank you for your advise. I've contact a vet but can only do it online. It is too far away..
What if on the other hand the climate is too DRY, which is the case here in Jordan: DESERT climate? Appreciate some advice, thanks.
Very glad to meet you!
Then, welcome to the forum! And good morning to you I see that people are chiming in now. You'll be getting some good advise soon. I saw your post late last night and felt bad thinking you're probably worried about your pet and would feel better knowing that you were not alone.
I know it was long! Just felt a need to be there for a worry pet owner. That's a MOTHER in me
Oh....I didn't mean to say you are a mouther at all. What I want to say is just thank you so much for you effort to type up so many words to help me and give me walm advise. I'm really so glad of it. Yes, I will try my best to help him for sure.
