hello I can tell you that I am using the powersun 100 watts I keep it on for 12 hours a day. The temperature in the enclosure is about 29 degrees celsius
Hello all , I own an indian star tortoise. It is 1 and a half years old. And I have many problems, which I get no solution to. I have realised that before he used to eat a lot of mustard greens weeds grass etc. But suddenly since winter started he has lost his appetite by 90%! He has enough...
Hello I have an indian star tortoise (it is a male and 1 year old). I keep him in a wooden box full of soil and a mercury vapour bulb hanging on the top. He nowadays seems very fussy in eating and has lost his appetite. I soak him in warm water everyday, I keep him out in the house for activity...
Hello Hari and welcome to the forum. Even I live in Mumbai , a)nd I know it is very hard for you to get the foods that are required. I will write a list of things you get in Mumbai ( Crawford Market) and what I feed my tort.
1) Mustard greens (in hindi it is called rai ka patta)
2) Escarole(...
Thanks for the reply TortaMomma dmmg and Tom
This is my updated diet sheet :
1)Mustard Greens*
2)Escarole*
3)Romaine*
4)Fenugreek **
5)Wheat grass*
6)Bermuda grass*
7)Fescue grass*
8)Rose leaves**
9)Hibiscus leaves**
10)Cilantro**
11)Spinach**
12)carrot tops*
Tom there may be grape leaves(vines)...
The thing is that in India the native weeds are not readily available in gardens (and I don't have my personal garden), and we don't get seeds to plant them.
Okay I will remove apple from the diet, and feed it once a month. Another question is that is lemon and wheat grass okay for it, because I...
Hello everybody I would like to share the diet for my star tortoise, just to confirm if its the right diet for it.Things could be wrongly indicated , so I would appreciate it if you correct me. I will surely answer and let you know. Since I live in india there is a very limited stock of things...
Hello I have seen the organs coming out of my male star tortoise who is one year old. It usually comes out when it excretes. Otherwise it does not. I just want to know that if the organ comes out ( and stays out for 40 second ) and goes in again without trouble, is it called a prolapse.But uptil...
Hello I live in India and own an indian star tortoise. It is a year old and its a male. I want a much more vared diet. Since I live in India sadly I dont get the foods that are mentioned on the internet( such as spring mix, kale, cactuses, weeds, flowers or dandelions). All I have is some...
Hello I live in India and I am planning to get a new tortoise enclosure for my male star tortoise who is 1 year old. The enclosure will be 3 foot by 2 foot. I am confused, what substrate I should by. On many care sheets they recommend to use a mixture of coconut coir and top soil. Since I live...
Hello thanks for the video .So in a prolapse it does not go inside , but the organ of my tortoise does , and the organ it wet, but he behaves the same as the one above. I am scared is it a prolapse how can I prevent it? Does the organ come out in some male tortoises or does it happen in all male...
Actually I made a mistake in saying that the flukers liquid calcium got over. I had brought 2. Should I continue with the flukers liquid calcium or should I scrape it and give it?
Hello, I own an indian star tortoise, and I have a question regarding the supplementation. Usually I give it flukers liquid calcium . Which I had bought from Amazon.com since I live in india , and it was expensive with the custom duties. I used to give it 3 times per week while soaking(2.5 ml)...
Hello I recently got a zoo med powersun 100 watt, for my one year old male star tortoise. I wanted a lamp. I got the national geographic heat lamp 7.5 inches in diameter. The bulb fits in very good. Since I live in india the temperatures on a sunny day would be 84 -86 degrees Fahrenheit. The...
Hello I have kept some pictures of the organ because wellington and other members have asked for the pics.
And I am not sure if it is a male or a female I only have one star tortoise and it is hard to compare. And it doesn't come out just like that , only when it is excreting it does. And goes...
Please if you know how to prevent. Please tell me before it gets worse like the video you uploaded . And remember sadly where I live there aren't any vets which know about them!!!
Hello ascott the organ that comes out isn't that bi or isn't that long or isn't black in color in is pink. And it isn't that severe and it only removes it while excretion. It goes back in after 40 seconds. And it looks similar.