Do you think it would help my tortoise if I did do this? I'm worried as she hasn't eaten for a long time and just sleeps unless I'm bathing her, even then she starts to fall back asleep. I'm thinking if I did do the hibernation it may help her as with the heat and the not eating I just think...
Thanks I always thought it was the calcium for the shell, I have been spritzing her substrate so hopefully it won't get any worse. I was reading a post from a few years ago on this forum and people advised somebody that it sounded like hibernation and advised him to trick his tortoise into...
Thanks for all the advice everyone. I will put food all over the tank and spritz the substrate. Any ideas how I can get the calcium in her if she's not eating, even the supplement I give her is usually sprinkled on her food so am worried she isn't getting any calcium also and this is causing the...
Hi, temp under light is 100 degrees, the light we have is a Mercury solar glow which does both jobs for UVB and UVA. I have been trying her with spinach, rocket, carrot, dandelion and dandelion leaves but she is not interested at all in the food. We did go to see a specialised vet as the local...
My Russian Horsefield tortoise hasn't been eating and sleeps a lot. We had her housed in a vivarium with a male tortoise but have since moved her to an open top tortoise table with a Mercury light that provides UVB and UVA with a basking temp of around 90 degrees. We took her to a vet and they...