EmiliaEvan
New Member
Good morning,
My Greek spur-thighed tortoises have been very inactive over the last three months and have stopped gaining weight. Previously they were gaining about 3g each a week. They don't bask under the light anymore and they frequently bury themselves or hide. Nothing in their care has changed, so I am a little concerned that they could be ill or there may be some husbandry problem that is kicking in.
They are fed a variety of:
dandelions
sow thistle
lambs lettuce
plantain
clover
radicchio
cucumber (as a treat)
occasionally mazuri
They have access to cuttlefish and we sprinkle their food with nutrobal. We use a heat lamp with an exoterra daylight basking spot and have a UV strip. The substrate is coco coir and the humidity is always above 60% (normally above 80%). We soak them 6 times a week.
Their temperatures are good: it is 36 under the basking spot and 22 in the coldest part of the enclosure.
I know this will be asked: THEY DO NOT LIVE TOGETHER.
They are nearly a year old and the biggest weight 170g and the smaller one 145g.
Anyone got any advice?
My Greek spur-thighed tortoises have been very inactive over the last three months and have stopped gaining weight. Previously they were gaining about 3g each a week. They don't bask under the light anymore and they frequently bury themselves or hide. Nothing in their care has changed, so I am a little concerned that they could be ill or there may be some husbandry problem that is kicking in.
They are fed a variety of:
dandelions
sow thistle
lambs lettuce
plantain
clover
radicchio
cucumber (as a treat)
occasionally mazuri
They have access to cuttlefish and we sprinkle their food with nutrobal. We use a heat lamp with an exoterra daylight basking spot and have a UV strip. The substrate is coco coir and the humidity is always above 60% (normally above 80%). We soak them 6 times a week.
Their temperatures are good: it is 36 under the basking spot and 22 in the coldest part of the enclosure.
I know this will be asked: THEY DO NOT LIVE TOGETHER.
They are nearly a year old and the biggest weight 170g and the smaller one 145g.
Anyone got any advice?