sethlocker
New Member
Hello everyone,
I have a 7-8 month old hatchling leopard tortoise who has progressively lethargic over the past 3 weeks. He lives in an open top container that is 95F/40% humidity on the warm side and 80F/60% humidity on the cool side. The temperature is around 75F at night. He has a 10.0 UVB bulb at his basking spot and a 10.0 UVB T8 lamp over the container. I feed him a finely chopped 70%/30% mix of grass (Timothy or Bermuda grass that I grow without fertilizer) and weeds/romaine/spring mix. Additionally, I offer him mazuri diet once weekly that he has never eaten. I sprinkle vitamins and calcium on his food once weekly. He is soaked 3 times a week and taken outside for natural sunlight 3 times a week. He has several hides, with one of them that I keep moist. I change the water daily and I offer fresh feed in the morning.
I have him on a 12 hour timer so he gets 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark. I will put fresh food down in the morning and put him near the food. He has not eaten any food in the past week and had been eating less before that. He is still drinking, urinating, and defecating. He has also lost weight. His weekly weights since I have got him have been (in grams): 47, 49, 46, 49, 53, 50, 56, 57, 58, 55, 57, 55, 50. The only other thing I can think to mention is that he has winced off and on when he blinks his right eye since I’ve gotten him.
I have a veterinary appointment scheduled on Monday (I’m also a vet student) for him but I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions of things they might recommend.
I have a 7-8 month old hatchling leopard tortoise who has progressively lethargic over the past 3 weeks. He lives in an open top container that is 95F/40% humidity on the warm side and 80F/60% humidity on the cool side. The temperature is around 75F at night. He has a 10.0 UVB bulb at his basking spot and a 10.0 UVB T8 lamp over the container. I feed him a finely chopped 70%/30% mix of grass (Timothy or Bermuda grass that I grow without fertilizer) and weeds/romaine/spring mix. Additionally, I offer him mazuri diet once weekly that he has never eaten. I sprinkle vitamins and calcium on his food once weekly. He is soaked 3 times a week and taken outside for natural sunlight 3 times a week. He has several hides, with one of them that I keep moist. I change the water daily and I offer fresh feed in the morning.
I have him on a 12 hour timer so he gets 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark. I will put fresh food down in the morning and put him near the food. He has not eaten any food in the past week and had been eating less before that. He is still drinking, urinating, and defecating. He has also lost weight. His weekly weights since I have got him have been (in grams): 47, 49, 46, 49, 53, 50, 56, 57, 58, 55, 57, 55, 50. The only other thing I can think to mention is that he has winced off and on when he blinks his right eye since I’ve gotten him.
I have a veterinary appointment scheduled on Monday (I’m also a vet student) for him but I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions of things they might recommend.