HewHermannsmum
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Hi, me again!
So my new baby Hermann's tortoise seems to have stopped eating over the last couple of days. Should I be worried?
He ate lots when I first got him, but I fed lambs lettuce as my weeds hadn't grown yet.
2 weeks later, I weaned him down to just weeds (dandelion and such) and he won't touch it. He picked at it the first week of change, now for the last two days he's eaten nothing.
I soak him every day, but lately he just tried to scramble out of the tub, no poops or drinking that I can see (he has pooped in his enclosure a few days ago, and possibly since but I can't find anything). Passing urates every 3 days or so.
He is still very active, but seems to prefer climbing and exploring to anything else, not interested in baths or food!
He's also lost some weight (64g - 59g in two weeks).
Should I be concerned? I'm gonna get more lams lettuce today just to try out his favourite food, but ideally I want him to eat weeds as I know it's a better diet.
Thanks!
So my new baby Hermann's tortoise seems to have stopped eating over the last couple of days. Should I be worried?
He ate lots when I first got him, but I fed lambs lettuce as my weeds hadn't grown yet.
2 weeks later, I weaned him down to just weeds (dandelion and such) and he won't touch it. He picked at it the first week of change, now for the last two days he's eaten nothing.
I soak him every day, but lately he just tried to scramble out of the tub, no poops or drinking that I can see (he has pooped in his enclosure a few days ago, and possibly since but I can't find anything). Passing urates every 3 days or so.
He is still very active, but seems to prefer climbing and exploring to anything else, not interested in baths or food!
He's also lost some weight (64g - 59g in two weeks).
Should I be concerned? I'm gonna get more lams lettuce today just to try out his favourite food, but ideally I want him to eat weeds as I know it's a better diet.
Thanks!