My tortoise is around 3 months old and he's started to stop eating his food and staying in his little house and he's gotten what lines in the crevices on his shell, I really love him and I need to know what's going on and how to help. By the way he's a red foot
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Photos of the enclosure? Listing of temperatures (highs and lows)? What foods are you trying? What's the lighting situation?
I've been giving grapes cause usually loves them and some green berms and tomatoes and salad
Temperature is essential to know - if they're too cold, they can't digest and won't eat. You need to get a thermometer in there asap.
Sounds like a temperature and humidity problem to me.
What you are describing sounds like pyramiding of the shell.
See http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/the-end-of-pyramiding.15137/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/closed-chambers.32333/
What type of uvb light are you using ?
Strip, mercury vapour bulb or coiled or compact ?
What you are describing sounds like pyramiding of the shell.
See http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/the-end-of-pyramiding.15137/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/closed-chambers.32333/
What type of uvb light are you using ?
Strip, mercury vapour bulb or coiled or compact ?
I wouldn't go by that. Temperature under the bulb is also dependent on ambient room temperature and enclosure size/air flow. You need to buy an accurate thermometer.
Does your UVB bulb look like these ?
Is this the day light you are using? http://arcadia-reptile.com/basking-solar-lamps/ If so, it is not a UVb emitting bulb, which is what you actually need.
What are you using for night heat?
What are you using for night heat?
Amazon, any hardware store, etc. That's one of the easiest pieces of tortoise keeping equipment to find.
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&sour...NhpJPuek04eMhmYYcg&ust=1442019438137923&rct=j
If this link works it will bring you to s page that has the bulb
If this link works it will bring you to s page that has the bulb
These bulbs are dangerous for tortoises eyes and can cause blindness and even death, and those that don't seem not to produce enough UVB.
You need to get a strip bulb or an MVB (mercury vapour bulb) to provide UVB.
Throw the other one out .
You also need to be measuring your humidity, I think redfoots need about 75%.
Does your tort get natural sunlight time outdoors ,
Are you sure that is what you are using? The link, at least for me, goes here: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/reptile_uvb100.php This bulb produces no significant amount of heat and is not a basking bulb (I doubt they give a heat/distance chart on the box). That is also the type of coil bulb that people recommend against using.
If that is your uvb bulb, what is your heat bulb?
If that is your uvb bulb, what is your heat bulb?
