Hi everyone
We got a baby horsfield tortoise in June, all was well with him and eating just fine until about 6-8 weeks ago. I noticed one of his eyes looked a little different. I kept an eye on it for a few days and after doing some research realised that it was almost definitely his third eyelid that wasnāt opening properly. It wasn't junky and didnāt have anything in it. So I made sure I was bathing him daily (previous to this we were only bathing every other day) to take sure he wasnāt dehydrated. Over the next week some days his eye would look ok other says it would like as though it wasnāt opening again. I ended up taking him to the shop where we purchased him from. They looked over him and said everything looked ok. Since his eye has looked funny I have also noticed he doesnāt eat much at all. It was always hard to tell how much he was actually eating as I was probably putting too much in his cage and then it would dry up and was hard to tell what had been eaten or not. The other thing is that he just wasnāt pooing (Which would obviously suggest he wasnāt eating either) after a bit of back and forth with the pet shop and desperately trying to get a vet appointment (with no luck, nowhere will see new clients or a tortoise!!) weāve ended up taking to the pet shop so they could observe him for a few days. I have rang today and they have said they have seen him eat and are quite happy heās fine and can come home. Iām just so worried something still isnāt right and without seeing a vet Iām not sure what to do. Im sorry for the first very lengthy message Iām just hoping someone maybe able to help me and any advise is most welcome! Thank you so much š
We got a baby horsfield tortoise in June, all was well with him and eating just fine until about 6-8 weeks ago. I noticed one of his eyes looked a little different. I kept an eye on it for a few days and after doing some research realised that it was almost definitely his third eyelid that wasnāt opening properly. It wasn't junky and didnāt have anything in it. So I made sure I was bathing him daily (previous to this we were only bathing every other day) to take sure he wasnāt dehydrated. Over the next week some days his eye would look ok other says it would like as though it wasnāt opening again. I ended up taking him to the shop where we purchased him from. They looked over him and said everything looked ok. Since his eye has looked funny I have also noticed he doesnāt eat much at all. It was always hard to tell how much he was actually eating as I was probably putting too much in his cage and then it would dry up and was hard to tell what had been eaten or not. The other thing is that he just wasnāt pooing (Which would obviously suggest he wasnāt eating either) after a bit of back and forth with the pet shop and desperately trying to get a vet appointment (with no luck, nowhere will see new clients or a tortoise!!) weāve ended up taking to the pet shop so they could observe him for a few days. I have rang today and they have said they have seen him eat and are quite happy heās fine and can come home. Iām just so worried something still isnāt right and without seeing a vet Iām not sure what to do. Im sorry for the first very lengthy message Iām just hoping someone maybe able to help me and any advise is most welcome! Thank you so much š