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- Nov 18, 2012
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I came into taking care of a horsefield tortoise is a very strange sort of way. My ex-boyfriend's friends found this little guy in a park. My boyfriend came into caring for him. Then we moved apart and I took the tortoise, who's name is Adventure (not my choice). I don't know much about him except for what I have researched. I don't have the money to properly care for him, and neither does my ex.. and yet, when I suggested that we give him to someone who might or even a pet shop, he said NO. He wants him back, which is his right, I guess.... but the poor little guy needs to be taken are of better! I am worried sick about him.. Just today when I let him out of his enclosure he was wobbling around and almost falling. He is very slow and lethargic and off balance. I feel terrible and don't have info like his age or where he originally came from. I do know that from the young horsefield tortoise pics he looks like he's probably older. I determined his sex by his long curled up tail. He hasn't been pooping much and when he does it looks runny. My ex is planning on coming to pick him up in the next few days or so and I haven't called him today yet to let him know how sick his little guy appears to be. But, I am also upset because for the longest time my ex did very minimal research and thought that he was a box turtle, which needs VERY different care from a horsefield tortoise, as you all know.. so he was taking care of him like a box turtle. I knew somehow that he was wrong, because when I looked at pics of box turtles I knew that he didn't look anything like one. So I took into my own hands to research by looking for pictures... and figured it out. Anyway... I feed him a mix of greens every day and sometimes a little bit of banana or apple, very rarely. Some cut up carrots and kale. ANY ADVICE? I only have him a couple more days, but I can tell my ex anything anyone suggests on here. Thanks.