Hi,
So I got my horsfield tortoise who I got told was around 2 years old in July this year. He used to be quite active, always enjoying his baths and active during the day and eating pretty much everyday.
However for just over the past month he has been sleeping a lot and barely eating, and I haven't seen him eat a single thing for the past few weeks. He also hasn't pooed at all in the past few weeks.
I also noticed that he had what I suspected to be runny nose syndrome, and was worried about him in general, so took him to the vets on Monday, she gave him some antibiotics and also some critical care food to force feed him, and told me to up his bathes to twice a day (I used to do it 2-3 times a week, as he has a bath in his table). I am managing to get him to take his antibiotics (taken 3 doses out of 7 so far), but have only managed to force feed him three times, and am considering not doing it any more as I have read conflicting things about it on forums. I have also tried bathing him in some baby food/water baths a couple of times as I read this can help introduce some vitamins to them again.
Although he seems abit more active now, going for walks after his evening baths, I'm still really worried about him not eating or pooing Should I continue with trying to force feed him? And although he is active after his baths when I put him back in his table he just stays in the same position and goes to sleep!
Could someone please advise me what best to do, or what you think may be wrong with him?
A friend who keeps alot of reptiles said it may just be because he wants to hibernate (which I don't plan to do this year), but I'm still worrying
Additional Information:
I keep him in a tortoise table.
I have a UV spot light and a heat bulb
The temperature at the warm end is around 32 degrees celsius and around 18 degrees celsius at the cooler end ( probably lower in the night time)
Substrate is mixture of soil and sand (but this is quite dry, not sure if I should be adding water to it)
Diet consists of: kale, watercress, carrot, butternut squash, lettuce, tomato,cucumber. And I sprinkle calcium powder on his food sometimes.
Thanks for reading!
So I got my horsfield tortoise who I got told was around 2 years old in July this year. He used to be quite active, always enjoying his baths and active during the day and eating pretty much everyday.
However for just over the past month he has been sleeping a lot and barely eating, and I haven't seen him eat a single thing for the past few weeks. He also hasn't pooed at all in the past few weeks.
I also noticed that he had what I suspected to be runny nose syndrome, and was worried about him in general, so took him to the vets on Monday, she gave him some antibiotics and also some critical care food to force feed him, and told me to up his bathes to twice a day (I used to do it 2-3 times a week, as he has a bath in his table). I am managing to get him to take his antibiotics (taken 3 doses out of 7 so far), but have only managed to force feed him three times, and am considering not doing it any more as I have read conflicting things about it on forums. I have also tried bathing him in some baby food/water baths a couple of times as I read this can help introduce some vitamins to them again.
Although he seems abit more active now, going for walks after his evening baths, I'm still really worried about him not eating or pooing Should I continue with trying to force feed him? And although he is active after his baths when I put him back in his table he just stays in the same position and goes to sleep!
Could someone please advise me what best to do, or what you think may be wrong with him?
A friend who keeps alot of reptiles said it may just be because he wants to hibernate (which I don't plan to do this year), but I'm still worrying
Additional Information:
I keep him in a tortoise table.
I have a UV spot light and a heat bulb
The temperature at the warm end is around 32 degrees celsius and around 18 degrees celsius at the cooler end ( probably lower in the night time)
Substrate is mixture of soil and sand (but this is quite dry, not sure if I should be adding water to it)
Diet consists of: kale, watercress, carrot, butternut squash, lettuce, tomato,cucumber. And I sprinkle calcium powder on his food sometimes.
Thanks for reading!