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I have 2 horsfields that I've had about a month. Both about a year old. One of them is really straining to poop this week. She is going multiple times per day but really struggling and when she does go it's kind of browny grey and small and firm.
We bathe them daily in warm water for between 10-20 mins depending on if they're feeling it or not. Fresh water dishes daily.
We feed them a broad mixture of leaves, lambs lettuce, romane, kale, rocket, water cress, Pak Choi and other things thetortoisetable.org deems safe or safe in moderation in varying amounts daily so they get as broad a diet as possible all organic and thoroughly cleaned. We also supplement this with calcidust and a d3 supplement on a daily basis alternating. We also feed a tiny amount of tortoise pellets daily just to make sure they're definitely getting everything they need. They don't eat them most days.
I've started giving her cucumber because I've read it will help.
I have them in a table on a thick layer of Aspen with orchid bark on top because the tortoise sand the pet shop sold me was really irritating there eyes which got me worried so I took them to a nearby tortoise sanctuary to get them looked at.
I've booked an exotic vet appointment but the earliest I could get here is Friday (a week from now)
I have them at 90 degrees (warm end )
95-100 degrees under the lamp (Mercury vapor)
25 cool end (heat mat attached to a thermostat heated from above).
I feel like I'm trying damn hard to keep them in ideal conditions as best I can and I'm panicking I've done something wrong and she won't make it to the vet. I even have a webcam set up to keep an eye on them while I'm at work ! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I have 2 horsfields that I've had about a month. Both about a year old. One of them is really straining to poop this week. She is going multiple times per day but really struggling and when she does go it's kind of browny grey and small and firm.
We bathe them daily in warm water for between 10-20 mins depending on if they're feeling it or not. Fresh water dishes daily.
We feed them a broad mixture of leaves, lambs lettuce, romane, kale, rocket, water cress, Pak Choi and other things thetortoisetable.org deems safe or safe in moderation in varying amounts daily so they get as broad a diet as possible all organic and thoroughly cleaned. We also supplement this with calcidust and a d3 supplement on a daily basis alternating. We also feed a tiny amount of tortoise pellets daily just to make sure they're definitely getting everything they need. They don't eat them most days.
I've started giving her cucumber because I've read it will help.
I have them in a table on a thick layer of Aspen with orchid bark on top because the tortoise sand the pet shop sold me was really irritating there eyes which got me worried so I took them to a nearby tortoise sanctuary to get them looked at.
I've booked an exotic vet appointment but the earliest I could get here is Friday (a week from now)
I have them at 90 degrees (warm end )
95-100 degrees under the lamp (Mercury vapor)
25 cool end (heat mat attached to a thermostat heated from above).
I feel like I'm trying damn hard to keep them in ideal conditions as best I can and I'm panicking I've done something wrong and she won't make it to the vet. I even have a webcam set up to keep an eye on them while I'm at work ! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.