Well I was happy to off of this forum for a while....
Im back with more ?s and problems...
1) My tort seems to be picky
When I put calcium on his food(very small amount sprinkled) he wont eat it. What can I do?
2)There are VERY little bugs in his substrate which is peat moss and coconut...
We have had the new Red footed tort for about 3 weeks now and he was definitely healthy when we got him. He is about 9 months old. He was moving around eating drinking etc...
I have noticed a difference in him in the last 3-4 days. He isnt moving around, isn't eating, and acting a lot like our...
We got the "new" tort last night. This tort is a little bigger and actually eating and moving around, unlike the first little guy):
He does look dry though, his shell is chalky looking and his skin is a little flakey. I dont know how he was taken care of up until last night.
I have been...
Well I talked to the breeder on friday and he said that he can give us a new red foot cherry head and he would take ours and try to help him.
Sadly Tank died this afternoon. We tried to do everything that we could to help him. I don't know what I could have possibly done to help more.
From...
Well we talked to the breeder today, we have decided to give him back and the breeder is going to try to bring Tank back to health.
He is going to give us $250 back and return Tank to us when he is better, if he gets better. IF he ends up dying then we get the rest of our money back $100. I...
Well for the update today..
I have kept the temps up around 83-88'. The humidity was at 79. My tortoise did not move from the same spot all day, well for the last 24 hours. He will move his arms and head comes in and out, his eyes dont open either.
I did not use any UVB light (following NERDS...
HELP!!!
I just bought a 6 month old red foot cherry head tortoise 7 days ago and it is NOT eating/drinking.
Its substrate is peat moss and coconut shavings. during the day the temp is between 75-82' with the heat source being a heat lamp. Also he is given light from a UVB light, both being...
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HELP!!!
I just bought a 6 month old red foot cherry head tortoise 7 days ago and it is NOT eating/drinking.
Its substrate is peat moss and coconut shavings. during the day the temp is between 75-82' with the heat source being a heat lamp. Also he is given light from a UVB...