toro
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Hello, I have new tortoise, a 2 months old baby hermanni tortoise. it's name is toro. I don't know the gender because the seller said it's hard to differentiate it while they are still baby. I have some questions about Toro, maybe someone can help :
1. First time keep Toro for 2 weeks it looks fine, Toro can see the food, eat the food. But then after 3 weeks, I notice Toro can't see the food. Toro can go to where the food are, but it tries to eat the air, the head always reach up side, but the food is under it's leg, but toro still can eat after many tries like moving his head to another directions. I think, maybe toro knows the food by the smell not the eyes ? or maybe hatchling tortoise eyes not that good like dogs and cats? or this is normal for hatchling tortoise ?
2. I check on the internet for healthy eyes of tortoise. Toro eyes is bright I think, black, no discharge, but yeah I can see like the third eye lids of animal and the eyes like dry? not shinny like cats or sugar glider. In the cat it's called third eyelid, but I don't know in tortoise, is Toro's eyes normal or not or maybe sick ? I will post the picture of toro eyes.
3. I use cocopeat and a little of cypress mulch for the substrate, is it okay or maybe dangerous for the eyes, because sometimes his leg moving around eye like rubbed his eyes. I'm afraid it causes injury to the eyes. and when I should change the entire substrate with the new one ? toro still 4.5 cm, 23 gram weight.
by the way, thank you for this forum, nice to meet you all, and I'm very happy to know this forum at my first try keep tortoise. I'm sorry if my english sometimes weird, it's not my first language and sometimes use translation from google.
that's the third eye lid I asked about, because I see on the internet, most of the tortoise don't have it.
right side eye, is it bright and clear, and healthy ?
There is a horizontal white line in the left eye or it's just light ?
this is when the eyes close, he is sleepy I think.
this is the substrate I use, cocopeat and cypress mulch.
1. First time keep Toro for 2 weeks it looks fine, Toro can see the food, eat the food. But then after 3 weeks, I notice Toro can't see the food. Toro can go to where the food are, but it tries to eat the air, the head always reach up side, but the food is under it's leg, but toro still can eat after many tries like moving his head to another directions. I think, maybe toro knows the food by the smell not the eyes ? or maybe hatchling tortoise eyes not that good like dogs and cats? or this is normal for hatchling tortoise ?
2. I check on the internet for healthy eyes of tortoise. Toro eyes is bright I think, black, no discharge, but yeah I can see like the third eye lids of animal and the eyes like dry? not shinny like cats or sugar glider. In the cat it's called third eyelid, but I don't know in tortoise, is Toro's eyes normal or not or maybe sick ? I will post the picture of toro eyes.
3. I use cocopeat and a little of cypress mulch for the substrate, is it okay or maybe dangerous for the eyes, because sometimes his leg moving around eye like rubbed his eyes. I'm afraid it causes injury to the eyes. and when I should change the entire substrate with the new one ? toro still 4.5 cm, 23 gram weight.
by the way, thank you for this forum, nice to meet you all, and I'm very happy to know this forum at my first try keep tortoise. I'm sorry if my english sometimes weird, it's not my first language and sometimes use translation from google.
that's the third eye lid I asked about, because I see on the internet, most of the tortoise don't have it. right side eye, is it bright and clear, and healthy ? There is a horizontal white line in the left eye or it's just light ? this is when the eyes close, he is sleepy I think. this is the substrate I use, cocopeat and cypress mulch.
