Hibernation, soft shell, white spots

[erinryan]

My baby red foot tortoise (I’m guessing younger than a year) is currently very sluggish. I have never owned a tortoise and I don’t know what to do. It doesn’t eat very much at all I have him on a diet of Romain lettuce, tomatoes, tortoise diet. When I bought him he had white spots along the bottom portion of his shell and is very soft. Lately he has not been eating any of the foods he enjoyed at one time. He now stays in the same spot in his enclosure. My questions are what can I do to help him eat more and be more lively?

 

[Tom]

Star here for some general info:

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Then here for more specific care and heating info:

Redfoot Tortoise Care Sheet

NOTE: I do not keep redfoots, and I only have one tortoise in total. With this in mind, remember that I am in no way an expert, and this should not be used as cold hard proof of how to raise a redfoot. I used information from great keepers on this forum to put everything together. This care...

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Are you using a closed chamber controlled by a thermostat and set to 82-86F day and night?

 

[erinryan]

Star here for some general info:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

tortoiseforum.org

Then here for more specific care and heating info:

Redfoot Tortoise Care Sheet

NOTE: I do not keep redfoots, and I only have one tortoise in total. With this in mind, remember that I am in no way an expert, and this should not be used as cold hard proof of how to raise a redfoot. I used information from great keepers on this forum to put everything together. This care...

tortoiseforum.org

Are you using a closed chamber controlled by a thermostat and set to 82-86F day and night?

I curre

Star here for some general info:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

tortoiseforum.org

Then here for more specific care and heating info:

Redfoot Tortoise Care Sheet

NOTE: I do not keep redfoots, and I only have one tortoise in total. With this in mind, remember that I am in no way an expert, and this should not be used as cold hard proof of how to raise a redfoot. I used information from great keepers on this forum to put everything together. This care...

tortoiseforum.org

Are you using a closed chamber controlled by a thermostat and set to 82-86F day and night?

I currently do not have a close chamber controlled by a thermostat. I have an open container with a heat lamp that keeps the basking area at about 75-80 F. I have a humidifier to keep humidity up.