Hi, Just got my tort from local pet shop about 1month ago. From what I could tell he wasnt being taken care of very well at the pet shop. Therefore, I m doing my best to take care of him.
My tort, Wartortle, lives in a glass viv with Cypress mulch as substrate.
He is fairly small about 3-4inches, not an hatchling but very young.
I m using a Exo terra Solar Glo 125w MVB. Day time temp is around 95 on the hot end and 70s on the cold end. CHE heats him for the night to around 70s
Humidity is around 40s to 60s above the substrate. He has an log hide and water dish. I sometimes pour water into the substrate or misting the viv.
His problem is, whenever he eats he SEEMS to continuously sneeze every 15secs. Its not a big sneeze but more of a blowing air out the nose, like grunting out the nose. He does this only when he eats. I give him chinese cabbage, spring mixes and baby carrots.
He seems fairly inactively, only when i dig him out he might roam around for a while. He eats regularly but he likes to burrow ALOT like 70-80% of the day. Whenever I dig him out he hangs out for about 20mins and goes back to burrowing non-stop.
I tried looking thru his nose, I dont see anything blocking it. I put him in a water dish and try to let him wash everything out. One thing i do notice is that the substrate is kind of dusty at times but i dont know if that is irritating his nose.
I have no clue what is causing it. I did notice him blowing a bubble out his nose ONE time but that was it. He does not blow air out from his nose when he is not eating.
I m worried he might have an upper respiratory infection. Should I really bring him to the vet?
My tort, Wartortle, lives in a glass viv with Cypress mulch as substrate.
He is fairly small about 3-4inches, not an hatchling but very young.
I m using a Exo terra Solar Glo 125w MVB. Day time temp is around 95 on the hot end and 70s on the cold end. CHE heats him for the night to around 70s
Humidity is around 40s to 60s above the substrate. He has an log hide and water dish. I sometimes pour water into the substrate or misting the viv.
His problem is, whenever he eats he SEEMS to continuously sneeze every 15secs. Its not a big sneeze but more of a blowing air out the nose, like grunting out the nose. He does this only when he eats. I give him chinese cabbage, spring mixes and baby carrots.
He seems fairly inactively, only when i dig him out he might roam around for a while. He eats regularly but he likes to burrow ALOT like 70-80% of the day. Whenever I dig him out he hangs out for about 20mins and goes back to burrowing non-stop.
I tried looking thru his nose, I dont see anything blocking it. I put him in a water dish and try to let him wash everything out. One thing i do notice is that the substrate is kind of dusty at times but i dont know if that is irritating his nose.
I have no clue what is causing it. I did notice him blowing a bubble out his nose ONE time but that was it. He does not blow air out from his nose when he is not eating.
I m worried he might have an upper respiratory infection. Should I really bring him to the vet?
