Hello all,
I just wanted to share my recent experience.
I have 5-month-old Western Hermann Tortoises. They are doing very well and growing rapidly, so I needed to change their case to a much larger one.
When I changed the case, I also changed the substrate from "Pine bark" to "Coco soil (prob. the same for Coco husk)" from a same brand.
They seemed to be happy with the new coco soil, but after the first night, one of the tortoises developed a very itchy eye, only half open.
The eye was covered with small particles of the husk, and she (I think it is a girl) could not stop wiping around that eye.
The other tortoises also scratch their face more often than before.
So I changed the substrate back to the pine bark one. I bathed them so that they can wash themselves off the husk.
Now it seems they are feeling better, scratching is definitely less.
I do not know if it developed into serious damage, but I could not take the risk.
I soaked the coco husk well, it was very moist, still it stuck all over their bodies.
Thanks for reading!!
Kameko
I just wanted to share my recent experience.
I have 5-month-old Western Hermann Tortoises. They are doing very well and growing rapidly, so I needed to change their case to a much larger one.
When I changed the case, I also changed the substrate from "Pine bark" to "Coco soil (prob. the same for Coco husk)" from a same brand.
They seemed to be happy with the new coco soil, but after the first night, one of the tortoises developed a very itchy eye, only half open.
The eye was covered with small particles of the husk, and she (I think it is a girl) could not stop wiping around that eye.
The other tortoises also scratch their face more often than before.
So I changed the substrate back to the pine bark one. I bathed them so that they can wash themselves off the husk.
Now it seems they are feeling better, scratching is definitely less.
I do not know if it developed into serious damage, but I could not take the risk.
I soaked the coco husk well, it was very moist, still it stuck all over their bodies.
Thanks for reading!!
Kameko