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Well this needs rectifying before anything else. Get online or to a hardware store and buy a temperature gun thermometer now. They cost US$10-15
Your baby will die if you cannot get the temperatures right.
Baby Sulcata Only Sleeps And Avoids Food
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Okay the temp is 90 degrees on the basking side
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The temp is over 100 is this bad?!Well this needs rectifying before anything else. Get online or to a hardware store and buy a temperature gun thermometer now. They cost US$10-15
Your baby will die if you cannot get the temperatures right.
Yes. It can be too hot as well as too cold. You need a range of temperatures between 80F and the 100F basking
However, those analogue thermometers are not very accurate and I don’t trust them.
You need a digital one like I showed you earlier
However, those analogue thermometers are not very accurate and I don’t trust them.
You need a digital one like I showed you earlier
Those coil bulbs are no good. Your going to want to switch that out for a reptisun or something similar, but no coil bulbs. They are very ineffective, and can damage the tortoise' eyes.
Right now, if it's not too cold, the best thing you can get him is some natural sunlight.
I know it can be very frustrating buying all of this stuff, but you're doing great. Good luck!
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I have noticed bubbles coming out of her nose
This is probably a respiratory infection. It is caused by humidity being high and temperatures being too low, like less than 80 degrees. You need to see a vet immediately. You're gonna want to bump up the temps, not letting them drop below 85 degrees. You're probably going to have to buy ceramic heat emitters for this.
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Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't know that the reptisun came in bulbs like that.
What I meant was no compact bulbs, and That is pretty much the same as a coil bulb. This is completely on me.
Something like either of these is what you need.
I'm really sorry for making you drive up to a pet store for the wrong thing!
But the best thing you can do for your tort is to get it some natural sunlight. That will hopefully help immensely.
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How do i get him to eat? He is super skinny and lost 4 grams
He may not eat until he gets better. You can soak in warm water to which baby carrot food is added. He might get a little bit of nutrients that way. Make sure the water stays warm.
Try soaking in a mixture of half water and half carrot baby food. It should be warm.
You might also want to look into buying mazuri, a type of pellet food. It really helps put weight on. Just make sure you order the original kind and not the LS, because all torts seem to hate it with a passion.
I think that, as sick as your tort is, getting it to a reptile vet asap is your best bet.
You might also want to look into buying mazuri, a type of pellet food. It really helps put weight on. Just make sure you order the original kind and not the LS, because all torts seem to hate it with a passion.
I think that, as sick as your tort is, getting it to a reptile vet asap is your best bet.
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It would also help to see pics of the tort and enclosure
I doubt you want to buy a giant 25 pound bag of it, so here's a smaller packet I found on eBay. You could probably search around and find a better deal though. https://www.ebay.com/i/321557567268...3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1344162058630
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I know I have given you the links earlier. Read and act on them now. What I can see...
1. What is the substrate? It looks dry. It needs to be an earthy type that can be mixed with water to make all of it damp. Spraying only slows the drying and isn’t enough in itself.
2. You have a coloured bulb. This is no good for basking. It only makes things warmer ... and red. Red substrate isn’t good. Torts eat it and get gut blockages. Throw the red bulb away. Your tort needs a proper basking reflector bulb with 95-100F directly underneath.
3. You are using clamp lamp fittings. These are a fire risk. They fail and the lamp falls. The light is always at an angle and it is impossible to get the correct basking temperature underneath. Lamps need to hang vertically from a lamp stand so they are secure and you get optimum temperatures.
4. You have a compact UVB - the type that harms tort eyes. This should be replaced with a tube UVB or replace both it and the red one with a Mercury Vapour Bulb (MVB) that does basking and UVB in one bulb.
5. You have no cover on the enclosure. You cannot maintain the humidity and ambient temperature that your baby needs in an open enclosure.
Your baby isn’t going to recover unless these things are fixed.
1. What is the substrate? It looks dry. It needs to be an earthy type that can be mixed with water to make all of it damp. Spraying only slows the drying and isn’t enough in itself.
2. You have a coloured bulb. This is no good for basking. It only makes things warmer ... and red. Red substrate isn’t good. Torts eat it and get gut blockages. Throw the red bulb away. Your tort needs a proper basking reflector bulb with 95-100F directly underneath.
3. You are using clamp lamp fittings. These are a fire risk. They fail and the lamp falls. The light is always at an angle and it is impossible to get the correct basking temperature underneath. Lamps need to hang vertically from a lamp stand so they are secure and you get optimum temperatures.
4. You have a compact UVB - the type that harms tort eyes. This should be replaced with a tube UVB or replace both it and the red one with a Mercury Vapour Bulb (MVB) that does basking and UVB in one bulb.
5. You have no cover on the enclosure. You cannot maintain the humidity and ambient temperature that your baby needs in an open enclosure.
Your baby isn’t going to recover unless these things are fixed.
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