Scared for my red foot..

[Mstwitch223]

My red foot, Carlos, had been acting very weird. At first I thought there was a problem because she was constantly soaking, then I thought I was overreacting, but now I'm very concerned again. She started with soaking a lot during the day, but two days ago I saw her laying in it with all limbs and her head all the way out. Just now I went up to her enclosure and saw she was laying in her water with her head resting on the edge of the water dish and her eyes half way closed. I had my mom call the vet, and I looked for a fecal sample to bring, but there was none! She hasn't been pooping. I'm scared. I recently adopted a bearded dragon, and I'm wondering if he has a paracite? I have no idea. I didn't take as good of care of her as I should have for the first year I had her, but I have taken much more responsibility. I feel terrible if this is my fault, and I'm causing her possible pain.

Please tell me what you think. She has a vet appt tomorrow at 11.

 

[tortadise]

Well whats the enclosure temps at day and night? Also could the possibility of her ingesting something bad be an option? Whats her substrate, decorations, Hides, plants etc..?

 

[Chinque]

Okay, so almost the same thing happened to my baby Russian... I think... Can you give us some info? Like what type of lights you have, the substrate, indoors or outside, how big the enclosure is, how old your tort is, etc ( the more the better). Is it just dehydrated? When I soaked mine, she spreaded out a lot because she was drinking for such a long time (here are the pictures, if you want to compare: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-70346.html ). Is your bearded dragon acting the same way? If so, it might be a parasite, if not, then probably not. If you have any questions about it, don't be afraid to ask

 

[ascott]

Is she eating? Is the water below the heat source? Are you housing the Dragon in the same enclosure?

 

[arotester]

info is needed before coming to any conclusion.