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- Nov 2, 2010
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After about 3 days on the Baytril chester became much more active and began to eat on his own. He still only opens his eyes for about 30 minutes after I soak him in warm water. I soak him twice a day and he spends a few hours eating after each time. I am a little concerned about his weight dropping. when he got sick he was weighing about 36 grams and now he is around 30. He has been bouncing around between 29 and 32 grams for the last few days. How long should it be until he starts gaining weight again? What do you think could be causing him to have his eyes closed so much? I thought that it could be the UV light but it is an exoterra solarglo mercury vapor bulb. I switched it out to a halogen bulb for a week and the eye thing didn't change so I switched back to the mercury vapor bulb. What kind of probiotics do you guys recommend for tortoises on antibiotics?