Hello! I’m a new member and recently saw this thread although I’ve already posted asking a question about my tortoise’s health about a week or so ago. But I figured it would be rude to not introduce Spike, my tort. This is Spike, my homes hingeback!
Thank you for your response and helping me troubleshoot this issue. It had been tough getting my tortoise to eat greens, the only one he will accept is red leaf lettuce. Do you have any suggestions on how to get him to eat larger quantities of greens?
Could his shape have been caused by a lack of UVB? I have one UVB light but maybe that’s not enough for his enclosure? (It’s about 3 feet by 1 1/2 since he’s still pretty small)
He eats cucumber, strawberries, some lettuce, tomatoes, occasional cantaloupe, mealworms and apple. I supplement his food with calcium powder every few feedings. I have had trouble getting him to eat dark greens but I will try Yvonne’s tip. I use a UVB bulb for him placed on one end of his...
Hi! I’m new to tortoise forum. I’ve been doing some research to find out if my tortoise has MBD and I emailed Arizona Tortoise Compound (where we got him from) with the details to see what their opinion was and Andrew thought that he didn’t have MBD, and that he was just dehydrated, but I wanted...