Hello,
I've had my baby sulcata for about 3.5 months now and when I got him he was about 3 weeks old, from someone who did reptile conventions and was selling them on Craigslist. He was super healthy and energetic starting out, never once scared of anything. Lately it's become winter and he's become a lot more legarthic.
But he has still been fine.
From when I first got him he has had a cool side of cage temp of 80 and a basking zone of 95 to 100. He has coconut fiber bedding and is fed fresh washed lettuce of various types every day
The person i got him from explicitly told me not to give him a water dish or baths till he got older and that the fresh lettuce would provide him enough water. After reading on here after 1 month I started giving him soaks 3 to 4 times per week.
(Context, I'm in college)
I had to travel home for thanksgiving but I made the heat in the car hot enough to keep him at 90 for travel and upon arriving home he got legarthic didn't eat for 2 days and got me very worried. Then out of the blue he perked up and was fine and we all figured he was just car sick.
Now I just traveled home for Christmas break 2 days ago, he acted similar but better, eating more and he has passed away and I don't know how.
I went to the store to get him treats and more cuttlebones and when I got back (some how in the last 15 hours from when I last saw him) he had a dark brown bruise looking spot on the top of his shell and a large green spreading zone on his underside. Neither of these were there the previous afternoon, and the tortoise had not moved in position from where he had been the previous day
Could he have fallen? It looks to me like a bruise but he never fell in my sight.
Or could it have been an infection or disease?
It seems like such acute damage and it appeared overnight, while nothing touched him over that night
I've had my baby sulcata for about 3.5 months now and when I got him he was about 3 weeks old, from someone who did reptile conventions and was selling them on Craigslist. He was super healthy and energetic starting out, never once scared of anything. Lately it's become winter and he's become a lot more legarthic.
But he has still been fine.
From when I first got him he has had a cool side of cage temp of 80 and a basking zone of 95 to 100. He has coconut fiber bedding and is fed fresh washed lettuce of various types every day
The person i got him from explicitly told me not to give him a water dish or baths till he got older and that the fresh lettuce would provide him enough water. After reading on here after 1 month I started giving him soaks 3 to 4 times per week.
(Context, I'm in college)
I had to travel home for thanksgiving but I made the heat in the car hot enough to keep him at 90 for travel and upon arriving home he got legarthic didn't eat for 2 days and got me very worried. Then out of the blue he perked up and was fine and we all figured he was just car sick.
Now I just traveled home for Christmas break 2 days ago, he acted similar but better, eating more and he has passed away and I don't know how.
I went to the store to get him treats and more cuttlebones and when I got back (some how in the last 15 hours from when I last saw him) he had a dark brown bruise looking spot on the top of his shell and a large green spreading zone on his underside. Neither of these were there the previous afternoon, and the tortoise had not moved in position from where he had been the previous day
Could he have fallen? It looks to me like a bruise but he never fell in my sight.
Or could it have been an infection or disease?
It seems like such acute damage and it appeared overnight, while nothing touched him over that night
