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We have adopted a Home's Hingeback female named Pearl who is approx 14 years old. We took her to the vet for a well-visit and left with apparently a very sick tortoise. Pearl has one eye that occasionally leaks. Since the vet both eyes occasionally leak. She tends to wheeze when she is picked up or startled. She has been kept in a 1' x 30" aquarium for 14 years with a flourescent UVB lamp and heat lamp 1' above her keeping the tank at around 95 degrees. I have put her in a cedar Tortoise House 2' x 3' with a hide box. It is around 60% humidity and I am not sure how to make it more humid with out flooding the floor. She also has shell rot. The vet has had me soak her for half hour everyday in novolsan then cover her connecting tissue with burn ointment. She used to be fine and sit in the water dish for an hour. Now she soaks for up to 5 hours (I have to remove her). She eats really well. I also give her antibiotic shots every 3 days. Is she just traumatized? Is the enclosure too cold now that it is at 82 degrees? I am afraid to leave the basking lamp on because it goes to 90+ degrees. Is the substrate to wet to let the shell rot heel?
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