Donnasmama
New Member
Hello, I’m a new tortoise mommy (kind of) I had a tortoise years and years ago that I inherited but he died (from old age believe it or not, was in the family for generations) so I’m a bit rusty on tortoise care. This is my first Russian Tortoise. I’ve read all the books and thought I was doing everything right but my tortoise seems sick? Brought her home two days ago. First two days she was very active wandering around her new home and eating everything. Today she has seemed very lethargic. She went to sleep around 6 ish last night, slept til about 9, hasn’t touched her food at all today. She came out of her house to bask and has since fallen asleep under the lamp and is now sleeping in the light. She seems to be sleeping a lot and it’s worrying me. Warm side of her enclosure is around 96-97, cool side is 85, humidity is about 43ish? She has no runny nose or eyes or anything and looks normal and poops are normal too. What am I doing wrong? I really want her to be okay. I have a vet appointment set up with her on Thursday (that’s the soonest they have available) but worried about her. Any help is appreciated, thanks!