Hi guys,
I just got two baby cherryheads for a week. They are 6 cm long (a little more than 2''). I soaked them every morning with warm water, and the temperature and humidity are fine. I used cypress mixed with some substrate brick as their bedding.
But the thing is, one of them is perfectly fine, but the other one does not like to eat. It spends a lot of time soaking in water, and often drinking water.
Every morning I gave them different food. I tried cabbage, strawberry, butternut squash, lettuce, apple, tortoise food from ZooMed. But every time the tortoise only took a few bites, then went to its "bathroom" to drink. The other baby is just fine. It eats everything, with a very good appetite. This poor guy maybe eats only 10% of the other guy everyday.
So is ths tort ok ?
Another question is, can I give them the cuttlebone for birds (see the following amazon link) to them and let them bite ?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DH2WO/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
I found this cuttlebone is very soft, and it is easy for them to bite off a small block.
Thank you guys.
I just got two baby cherryheads for a week. They are 6 cm long (a little more than 2''). I soaked them every morning with warm water, and the temperature and humidity are fine. I used cypress mixed with some substrate brick as their bedding.
But the thing is, one of them is perfectly fine, but the other one does not like to eat. It spends a lot of time soaking in water, and often drinking water.
Every morning I gave them different food. I tried cabbage, strawberry, butternut squash, lettuce, apple, tortoise food from ZooMed. But every time the tortoise only took a few bites, then went to its "bathroom" to drink. The other baby is just fine. It eats everything, with a very good appetite. This poor guy maybe eats only 10% of the other guy everyday.
So is ths tort ok ?
Another question is, can I give them the cuttlebone for birds (see the following amazon link) to them and let them bite ?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DH2WO/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
I found this cuttlebone is very soft, and it is easy for them to bite off a small block.
Thank you guys.