maisiefrayn
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I am worried about the wellbeing of a tortoise that I have been looking after for a week, it is relatively small and it's shell is about 6cm in diameter and I believe it's species to be of Moroccan origin. It seems to be very weak and in my opinion eating very little. It is in an enclosure with a heat lamp and today when I came home from school i found it outside of it's log bed area which it tends to sleep under. it's eyes were fully closed and it was not in it's shell at all however it was not moving and at first I believed it to be dead but he became responsive when I attempted to take him out of the enclosure. He has been moving very little and will simply just roll is front legs almost as though to move... when he came into my care he seemed to be very active. The family I am looking after it for gave me very little information on how to care for it so I have been trying to encourage it to move around the house however as I have a puppy I cannot leave it unattended so it only gets about half an hour where I can supervise it and apart from that it is in an enclosure. I have been feeding it lettuce so I am not sure what they fed it previously but could this be due to a change in diet? I am also concerned about not having seen it drinking water in a while despite having constant access to it. I am aware the climate of my room is different to the room he was previously kept in as it may be colder