Hello to everyone, I'm completely new to the forum. I tried to find some info regarding my "problem" (I am not completely sure if this is a problem yet...), without sucess.
We have a 7 months old marginated tortoise, who has been with us for a month now. She (or he
) has been very active and eating a lot, everything seemed more than okay until a few days ago she stopped her usual daily rounds in her enclosure, comes out to eat, but not as often and as much as before, and mostly spends her time in the protection of her shelter (or more often halfway outside, in the basking spot, and halway inside her shelter).
It occured to me that for the past week she was eating way more then before (I like watching her during the day) - maybe she was overeating?
We are trying to follow the advice of the care sheets, she gets her vitamins and has a Solar Glo sun simulating bulb, the temperature is about 31-32 C in her basking spot, etc....I am very worried about her and would seek your advice before taking her to the vet....
We have a 7 months old marginated tortoise, who has been with us for a month now. She (or he
) has been very active and eating a lot, everything seemed more than okay until a few days ago she stopped her usual daily rounds in her enclosure, comes out to eat, but not as often and as much as before, and mostly spends her time in the protection of her shelter (or more often halfway outside, in the basking spot, and halway inside her shelter).It occured to me that for the past week she was eating way more then before (I like watching her during the day
) - maybe she was overeating?We are trying to follow the advice of the care sheets, she gets her vitamins and has a Solar Glo sun simulating bulb, the temperature is about 31-32 C in her basking spot, etc....I am very worried about her and would seek your advice before taking her to the vet....
