Sick Redfoot??!!

[ashleighmaylouise]

I have no idea what this could be, first time I have ever seen, please help

 

[ZEROPILOT]

What exactly is the little guy eating?
Is the pink stuff plastic bag?
Do you use a RED light bulb?

 

[JoesMum]

Looks like pooped substrate. Has your tort been eating things it shouldn't?

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

Greens, half a boiled egg, mango? He didn't eat that today? Put over the past week he has, and it can't be a plastic bag or anything because there isn't one near him or even in the viv, I'm so worried about him

 

[ZEROPILOT]

How long have you had him?

 

[GingerLove]

Does he act sick or different in anyway? How big is he? I hope he gets well soon!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Your avatar photo looks like there is a red light bulb. If so, the color red makes tortoises eat things that they shouldn't.

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

I feed him in the morning and by the time I get home about 1-2ish he's normally ate, but today he hasn't, he's barely eaten anything and hardly came out of him plant pot, I only noticed it because I just gave him a soak in warm water and he's 10cm

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

I've only had him for nearly 2 weeks now and they told me to use the infrared bulb but I have been waiting to get paid to go and buy a CHE now

 

[Pearly]

Do you mean the pink stuff? Can you take a better closeup pic? The closer the better. We can probably figure it out

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It could take over a month to pass food some times. It's likely something he ate where he came from.

 

[JoesMum]

Can you answer a couple of questions please?

Do you have a red light bulb?

Please analyse that mess for what's in it. We can see substrate. What else is in there? Can you identify the red?

 

[JoesMum]

I've only had him for nearly 2 weeks now and they told me to use the infrared bulb but I have been waiting to get paid to go and buy a CHE now

The infrared bulb is almost certainly the cause of the problem.

It colours things red and torts love red things to eat. They also lack common sense and will try to eat anything red. The bulb needs to be switched off asap.

Use an ordinary household bulb for basking and manage without extra heat at night.

You need to soak your tort lots in a deep non see through bowl of warm water. Keep it in there for well over half an hour. Hopefully it will start trying to climb out and that encourages pooping.

It needs plenty of warmth to be active and digest what's in its stomach. But not from that red bulb

@Yvonne G would you recommend keeping this tort on newspaper for a while?

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

I have a infrared basking bulb and I'll take a closer picture now

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

However last week I did feed him a pinkie? Could that be the problem? Should I stop feeding them to him and stick to boiled eggs for protein?

 

[JoesMum]

However last week I did feed him a pinkie? Could that be the problem? Should I stop feeding them to him and stick to boiled eggs for protein?

The problem is almost certainly that red bulb. See my post above

 

[ashleighmaylouise]

I'm going shopping tomorrow and I'll definitely buy a CHE tomorrow, what wattage should I buy? I have a 4ft viv

 

[Pearly]

I would still like to take a closer look at the contents of that... "specimen", can you do some better close-up pics? It could be that pinky, only why would it not be better digested if it cam out through cloaca?

 

[JoesMum]

I'm going shopping tomorrow and I'll definitely buy a CHE tomorrow, what wattage should I buy? I have a 4ft viv

You must get both a ceramic lamp holder (CHEs have a high surface temperature) and a thermostat for it. You can then safely use a 100W CHE knowing that it can throw out all the heat you need, but not cook your tortoise.

 

[JoesMum]

I would still like to take a closer look at the contents of that... "specimen", can you do some better close-up pics? It could be that pinky, only why would it not be better digested if it cam out through cloaca?

If it's been dragged through the gut with the substrate it's possible it hasn't been digested properly