dimitra
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Hi I’m Dimitra. My girlfriend and I have a rescue tortoise named Ripley, he is a horsefield who is about 15 years old. We have had him for 1 year, he was seriously neglected (since he was a baby) which has caused him a few problems. His plastron shell is very soft. We have a uvb and a heat lamp which have both been changed a few weeks ago and we also give him calcium dust on his food and he is bathed every day (as the vets suggested). Is there anything we can do to help him and make his shell harder. We took him to the vets a few days ago as he stoped eating. The vets have told us that he will need a tube if he doesn’t eat. What is the best thing to feed your tortoise as every website says something different and it’s a bit confusing. Since being at the vets he was given reptoboost which he is bathed in 2-3 times a day and is in his water bowl since then he has started eating but doesn’t eat as much as he used to. We are also wanting to make his enclosure a bit more fun we have a 7ft enclosure and currently have tortoise soil substrate, what else can we put in (because yet again the internet tells you 1000 different things) ?
We are doing every thing we can we just want our little boy to have the best life he could possible have thank you for your help
We are doing every thing we can we just want our little boy to have the best life he could possible have thank you for your help