Help!! I think coco is sick! ???

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In other news!! ??

I adore him when he does this!

Is this how they show they are warming themselves up and basking?

Or is just just saying...ima lazy ?
 

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In other news!! ??

I adore him when he does this!

Is this how they show they are warming themselves up and basking?

Or is just just saying...ima lazy ?
Lol!
 

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Omg ??

They crack me up...

But it’s also cute lol

Idk why but coco likes basking in the side of his brick most of the time lol
 

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This is the light!

I asked Tom if it was fine before I
Using it!

I was advised it was a GO!
Also I notice it mostly when he comes out from his green thing! But after a little bit it tents to go down on its own...

Can’t it be to humid in his green thing I wonder??
 

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So I just Just got home!

Coco is not eating much ????

His eyes have me worried!
 

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I don't have an explanation for that. The only thing I can think of is that bulb. Its the only unknown in the whole equation.

Nothing else you are doing should cause that. The substrate looks a little bit dry. Are you seeing any dust?
 

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Should I Order those bulbs then?

I can only get in a pack of 12 at Home Depot online! ??

Unless I can see if I can look on Amazon!

What’s the name of it again?
 

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What’s weird is they seem to come down some once he’s out of his green thing!

I’m so not liking this..poor coco! ??
 

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These are past photos of his eyes on the side!

I’ll probably take more in the morning when he wakes up!!

This little dude is my life right now! ???

I just want him well! ?

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This is before substrate was put in!

Can it be the coconut coir???

He already had his light when I took this picture!!
 

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These are past photos of his eyes on the side!

I’ll probably take more in the morning when he wakes up!!

This little dude is my life right now! ???

I just want him well! ?

Yes, please take more in the morning. Take them from different angles, from the side, showing the eye itself. Try to move in a bit closer if you can. That will help a lot.

It looks like the eye itself is OK. The swelling is above the eye.

I don't know how this could be the coco coir.

Does it seem like this bothers him? Does he rub his eyes with his arms? Does the eye ever look red, sore, swollen? Does he keep them open, other than sleeping? All these questions are for now...not a week ago. Just in the past 3 days.
 

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Is there a vet on here I can talk too???
There are, but vets don't know any more than we do about tortoise care, and most of them will do harm with things like "vitamin injections" or unnecessary antibiotics. I'd bet money that a vet would diagnose this as a possible vitamin A deficiency and give your tort a vitamin A shot. Vitamin A is sometimes an aquatic turtle problem. Tort diets are already high in vitamin A typically.

There is no semester on tortoise care in vet school.

I would get yourself a regular incandescent bulb and swap it out with that bulb you found. This is the most obvious variable to check.
 

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