tortoisemommy79zx
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I got my red foot about a month or so ago. A few days after i got her she got the symptoms of a URI. Sneezing, wheezing, bubbles out of her nose.. she rubbed her face on her feet a lot too. Her eyes got stuck shut from the weepy eyes.. it was just sad. I would soak her in warmer water than i normally did. Put warm water on a q tip to help her open her eyes again. I let her outside two days in a row when it was warm outside. She ate dandelions and seemed to get better. I also had only two 50w lights on their 50gallon aquarium. So i bought a 250w light and lamp to go with it from D&B. This raised their temp quite a bit. I put new dirt in half of the cage and i keep it quite damp so the humidity will be higher. Just yesterday i heard the wheezing. So i assume it went away and came back. I have a heating pad under the cage that they love to sleep on. I figure im still doing something wrong. My friend that has three torts told me to feed her some pumpkin puree to help her out. She seemed to love it. How much should i be feeding her it? I gave them a spoonful and they ate it all. How many days should i repeat the feeding of the puree?