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hi friends,my name is Hari and me from Goa ,India and got a star Indian tortoise , it so happened that 2 days ago it just walked in of my front gate of my house ,I live in an much green (its monsoon here in IND) hill top ,in the surrounding area I have seen peacock, rabbit pythons, and snakes crabs ,but never a tortoise ,don't know whether it is from here or not and I even consider it lucky to make in to my gate alive as there is a road in front.
Now my question is - as its raining no much sun light ,so what is the substitute , the temperature in my locality varies between 25'-30' Celsius and cannot live it out as there are dogs and cats and birds.
I live it in my hall it moves comfortably ,gave it grass , hibiscus leaves to eat, but today it seems not likely to eat.
If made a Indore refuge for it how much area is needed (area) , what and how many times should be food given ,and how frequently does it drink water ,as if now me not seen it drinking much but it urinate and defecate properly .read in some post about lighting provision so what light bulbs should be used if necessary and for how many hours of the day.
Most important how to make out its age, sex. how to measure it ,is it by shell size or head to tail size.
what vitamin's it need if reared Indore and in which form it is easily available locally and what quantity should be given . & if ever need a vet are there any specialized vet for tortoise .
Now my question is - as its raining no much sun light ,so what is the substitute , the temperature in my locality varies between 25'-30' Celsius and cannot live it out as there are dogs and cats and birds.
I live it in my hall it moves comfortably ,gave it grass , hibiscus leaves to eat, but today it seems not likely to eat.
If made a Indore refuge for it how much area is needed (area) , what and how many times should be food given ,and how frequently does it drink water ,as if now me not seen it drinking much but it urinate and defecate properly .read in some post about lighting provision so what light bulbs should be used if necessary and for how many hours of the day.
Most important how to make out its age, sex. how to measure it ,is it by shell size or head to tail size.
what vitamin's it need if reared Indore and in which form it is easily available locally and what quantity should be given . & if ever need a vet are there any specialized vet for tortoise .
