What a cute tort! Wow, leopard tortoises sure do grow big! Right now I have 2 [baby] box turtles.
Box turtles don't grow too big... Thanks for sharing, made my day! :D
Hi! If your tortoise or turtle doesn't go in his water bowl himself. Then there is really nothing you can do but keep him hydrated everyday by soaking him in shallow water for 15-20 minutes. If he guzzled the water, then he is healthy. But what I don't understand is if he is really that thirsty...
If you read my first post, I said that I had put her on a diet. She started on Thursday. She is fed separately, and sparingly. She is definitely showing improvement. Just yesterday, her wheezing has at a minimum. Today, I found that she didn't at all. Maybe I just caught her at a non-wheezing...
No,l she's swimming fine... the wheezing is the only symptom that possibly could be RI. She's not wheezing now... only sometimes... for 5 seconds or so
Yeah...I suspected RI infection too, so I raised the water temperature to 82 degrees fahrenheit (before it was 75 degrees fahrenheit)... Just in case, I put her on a diet. However she didn't show any other symptoms for RI infection (basking alot with neck stretched, bubbles coming from nose...
Hi guys!
The past few days I have noticed that one of my red eared sliders, were wheezing, for about 10 seconds at a time. When her head was out of the water. She's active( begging for food, basking normally,etc). And looks normal too. Can this be signs of obesity?? Please amswer, I'm really...