jnits
New Member
Hi,
New tortoise owner here. Found the guy in my yard and nobody claimed him in the lost and found - so I became a tortoise owner.
He seemed to be doing alright, but today I noticed he was walking around with his eyes closed, and he seemed to be trying to "blink", even though his eyes were already closed? I was a bit worried, started wondering if they were swollen shut. I gave him some dandelion for some extra Vitamin A and he briefly opened his eye and it looks nice and black? Am I overreacting and being too worried, or should we take him to the vet stat?
Video of walking with eyes shut: https://photos.app.goo.gl/RpwyfUUYZ2Upc1V69
Pic about an hour after the above:
He only had them open for about 20 seconds and they are shut again now.
Diet
Baths:
Substrate is the Biodude bioactive kit. We mist the enclosure about every other day (it gets a bit smelly if we do it every day).
Enclosure
New tortoise owner here. Found the guy in my yard and nobody claimed him in the lost and found - so I became a tortoise owner.
He seemed to be doing alright, but today I noticed he was walking around with his eyes closed, and he seemed to be trying to "blink", even though his eyes were already closed? I was a bit worried, started wondering if they were swollen shut. I gave him some dandelion for some extra Vitamin A and he briefly opened his eye and it looks nice and black? Am I overreacting and being too worried, or should we take him to the vet stat?
Video of walking with eyes shut: https://photos.app.goo.gl/RpwyfUUYZ2Upc1V69
Pic about an hour after the above:
He only had them open for about 20 seconds and they are shut again now.
Diet
- Timothy Hay
- Purple Cabbage
- Mixed Greens kit (romaine, collared greens, radicchio)
- Hibiscus flowers
- Rose flowers
- Dandelion
- Aloe Vera (self service)
- Prickly Pear is present but he isn't interested
- Trying to grow the 20 species weeds kit in the enclosure but they are having trouble getting established due to his destructive tendencies. They are growing well in the enclosure but not in the pots we planted for a better food source...)
Baths:
- I give him a warm bath every day, I let him stay in the terra cotta dish as long as he feels like it. Some days he'll hang for 30 mins, sometimes he's over it in 5 mins.
Substrate is the Biodude bioactive kit. We mist the enclosure about every other day (it gets a bit smelly if we do it every day).
Enclosure