Hi tortoise lovers,
Im Eric from the islands of Indonesia. I am a long time lurker of this forum and im glad to finally be able to post here for the first time.
My pet tortoise is an egyptian that i rescued about 6months ago from a iresponsible owner who owned too large collection of tortoises with no proper housing.
The poor little tort is a male about 10cm in length and weighs 105grams measured yesterday(please pardon the units used here) so i guess it is an adult male.
The problem here is he has not eaten for 1 week now. He does not seem to have any interest in anything offered. At first i thought he is bored. But i have offered all range of greens i've ever fed him so far and nothing has worked.
Im starting to get worried now as his activity has decreased as well. For your information regarding the tort,
1. I usually feed him spring salad mix with zucchini and a little cucumber. Thats all he like to constantly eating so far. I grew some opuntia and hibiscus on my yard but the tort has been refusing those. I have been trying to feed him with elephant weed which is growing on my yard but no luck either. So those i mentioned are the only things i manage to feed him with this last 6 months.
2. I soak him daily in lukewarm water usually until the water starts to loose warmth. He usually defecates and urinates at this time. He has not done so for about 3 days now. Maybe thats due to the fact that hes has not eaten anything for a week?
3. Tropical climate here goes as high as 33celcius during the day and as low as 23celcius at night with high humidity all year.
4. There is NO specialized reptilian vet in my island.
5. His enclosure set up is 100% sand substrate (special sand for reptile acquired from a reptile store). The lightings that i use are 50W exotera basking bulb and 25w exotera uvb bulb. The temp at the basking spot is about 35celcius, and 25~27celcius at the spot furthest away from the light. The lowest temp at a given spot in the enclosure never goes below 24celcius.
I also include the pic of the enclosure here. If anyone expert here could point out where the problem might lies it will be a big help for me as im getting very uneasy at the moment.
Thank you for ur attention, im very new into tortoise keeping. I have only learnt from reading posts here and through the net about how to care for egyptian torts.
Eric
Im Eric from the islands of Indonesia. I am a long time lurker of this forum and im glad to finally be able to post here for the first time.
My pet tortoise is an egyptian that i rescued about 6months ago from a iresponsible owner who owned too large collection of tortoises with no proper housing.
The poor little tort is a male about 10cm in length and weighs 105grams measured yesterday(please pardon the units used here) so i guess it is an adult male.
The problem here is he has not eaten for 1 week now. He does not seem to have any interest in anything offered. At first i thought he is bored. But i have offered all range of greens i've ever fed him so far and nothing has worked.
Im starting to get worried now as his activity has decreased as well. For your information regarding the tort,
1. I usually feed him spring salad mix with zucchini and a little cucumber. Thats all he like to constantly eating so far. I grew some opuntia and hibiscus on my yard but the tort has been refusing those. I have been trying to feed him with elephant weed which is growing on my yard but no luck either. So those i mentioned are the only things i manage to feed him with this last 6 months.
2. I soak him daily in lukewarm water usually until the water starts to loose warmth. He usually defecates and urinates at this time. He has not done so for about 3 days now. Maybe thats due to the fact that hes has not eaten anything for a week?
3. Tropical climate here goes as high as 33celcius during the day and as low as 23celcius at night with high humidity all year.
4. There is NO specialized reptilian vet in my island.
5. His enclosure set up is 100% sand substrate (special sand for reptile acquired from a reptile store). The lightings that i use are 50W exotera basking bulb and 25w exotera uvb bulb. The temp at the basking spot is about 35celcius, and 25~27celcius at the spot furthest away from the light. The lowest temp at a given spot in the enclosure never goes below 24celcius.
I also include the pic of the enclosure here. If anyone expert here could point out where the problem might lies it will be a big help for me as im getting very uneasy at the moment.
Thank you for ur attention, im very new into tortoise keeping. I have only learnt from reading posts here and through the net about how to care for egyptian torts.
Eric
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