I need help with my pet

saif

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I'm new here please help, I have a tortoise, I don't know which species it is, and it's not eating or drinking for two days ! Is he sick or hibernating , he is sleeping sleeping a lot
 

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Hello and Welcome:)


I'm not positive of your species. Someone else can help you with that. In the mean time gives us all the info you can. Enclosure, substrate, temps, humidity, diet, soakings, how often, when did you get him, etc.
 

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Welcome to the Forum!!

I can't tell for sure what type of tortoise this is because on my computer the picture flattens. My first thought was it's a Horsefield's, but it might be a Greek too. Can you post another picture?

Tortoises won't eat if they're not warm enough. Are you keeping him on newspaper? That's really not a good substrate. He needs something he can dig down into (but not sand). Do you have a light over him so he can warm his body up to at LEAST 85F degrees?
 

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You also might want to put him in warm soaks everyday so he stays hydrated until he is eating and drinking normally...
 

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