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An EBT that I'm watching for the time being has stopped willingly eating and has become extremly inactive. He's been living in a 4x2 wooden pen, theres 4 inches of eco earth multiple hides, a deep water dish, 1 ceramic heat emitter that I keep on 24/7 , one UVA heat bulb and a UVB light that are on a 12 hour cycle. I soak him bidaily and he was being fed (before his hunger strike) earth worms, crickets, occasionally mealworms and super worms, and a vegatble blend. I feed every other day alternating between the bugs and plant matter.
Three weeks ago he suddenly stopped eating and really just slowed down, I thought he'd be back to his old self in a matter of days, but that wasn't the case. After 2 weeks of not eating I started to force feed him, he's been being force fed sweet potato (baby food form) through a syringe. The other day he pooped while sitting on my carpet right before his soak. His poop was very liquidy, green and yellow. He was unfortunately wild caught, so could this diet have upset his stomach? I did get a look at his mouth the other day and it looked completely normal. Any ideas why he's stopped eating? Again he isn't my own turtle, I'm watching temporarily for the local nature center.
Three weeks ago he suddenly stopped eating and really just slowed down, I thought he'd be back to his old self in a matter of days, but that wasn't the case. After 2 weeks of not eating I started to force feed him, he's been being force fed sweet potato (baby food form) through a syringe. The other day he pooped while sitting on my carpet right before his soak. His poop was very liquidy, green and yellow. He was unfortunately wild caught, so could this diet have upset his stomach? I did get a look at his mouth the other day and it looked completely normal. Any ideas why he's stopped eating? Again he isn't my own turtle, I'm watching temporarily for the local nature center.