Hi Its me again... sadly... my little guy Sam is *still* not eating probably have to get him to the vet (when we dig out of this crazy snow) but i noticed yday that when i put him into his water and he opened his mouth this white stuff came out. kind of looked like partially cooked egg white. I...
thank you!! I’ll def look into a different gauge.
Re the photo period. Currently the light goes on at 730am and off at 7pm. A heat lamp in the PM to keep it warm.
Thank you Lyn! The thermometer is on the ground level so we have an accurate read of what his space... (but super good advice bec when we first had it, it was higher and had the same thought before moving it) Ill have to search out some of the care sheets to see if I missed something somewhere.
Thank you! Thats part of the challenge... we have only had him a few weeks so im not entirely sure what his food preferences are (other than the worms) Im hoping that it is the winter affect...
Thank You Angela! He is drinking if i physically put him in the water (we have been doing that daily-ish... I gave him a few days break since i thought the handling was annoying him into not eating) he does seem to take good long drinks though and hang out in there for a bit when hes in there...
Hi Newbie here-
We recently purchased an Eastern Box Turtle yearling (Sam) hes a captive bred turtle. He arrived here the first week of January. And although hes eaten a few times he has not eaten in about a week or so and we are a complete loss what to do. He had been eating every 2-3 days (a...