Hi everyone ..I am michelle and our family purchased Flash the Horsfield tortoise a week ago ,
He /she doesn't eat much so we thought we should weight him , he is 76grams ..the person we got flash off said he is a 2010 hatchling so should be 3 years old... we are worried as he has lost 3g now weighs 73gram and all the internet posts I read I don't see any where the tortoise weights this low... also he eats very sparatic ... we are feeding dandelions , clover , spring greens , rocket , green, greens .
Also first few days he would walk back and forth climbing sides... hes settled down and half buries himself and sleeps from about 4pm - 7pm in his basking area , hes not really going to his water so we are bathing him every second day and really doesn't do much else apart from bask all day... we are quite happy he doesn't do much, as long as its normal . he has a basking and a uv daylight light on from 7am - 7pm ..the daylight light runs the length of his pen... which is a tortoise table not a vivarium .
any advise for us newbies would be welcome , thanks x
He /she doesn't eat much so we thought we should weight him , he is 76grams ..the person we got flash off said he is a 2010 hatchling so should be 3 years old... we are worried as he has lost 3g now weighs 73gram and all the internet posts I read I don't see any where the tortoise weights this low... also he eats very sparatic ... we are feeding dandelions , clover , spring greens , rocket , green, greens .
Also first few days he would walk back and forth climbing sides... hes settled down and half buries himself and sleeps from about 4pm - 7pm in his basking area , hes not really going to his water so we are bathing him every second day and really doesn't do much else apart from bask all day... we are quite happy he doesn't do much, as long as its normal . he has a basking and a uv daylight light on from 7am - 7pm ..the daylight light runs the length of his pen... which is a tortoise table not a vivarium .
any advise for us newbies would be welcome , thanks x
. Like Jacqui mentioned, temps. Too cold and they will bask a lot and too hot they will hide a lot. A infrared temp gun is one of the better items to use. The little puck shaped things pet stores usually sell are not very accurate.
