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So I got my first radiated in Daytona on Saturday. I am super excited but she does not move. She does not hide or stay in the corner. She stays right where I put her. She looks fine and I know she needs to adjust but I'm still worried sick. I need someone to tell me it's going to be ok.
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I got my first radiated in Daytona on Saturday.
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So I got my first radiated in Daytona on Saturday. I am super excited but she does not move. She does not hide or stay in the corner. She stays right where I put her. She looks fine and I know she needs to adjust but I'm still worried sick. I need someone to tell me it's going to be ok.[/QUOTE
Hi! How is your tort doing today? Hope to hear things are better, though it is going to take time, that we all know.
Has she eaten, pooped?
Take it easy please.No pooping that I have seen. Has not pooped during soaks. Ugh, I'm just really starting to worry. All the other tortoises I have never acted like this when I brought them home. She doesn't try to escape her soaking tub. It does look like she's drinking though and it's hard to say but I think she's nibbled some Mazuri. I checked on her 30 min after putting her in the pen this morning and she moved herself to the hide. So I guess that's an improvement. Yesterday it took her about 6 hours before she moved from where I put her. I also filled her soaking tub this morning so she had to swim a little just to make sure her limbs were working. It was nice to see some activity. Eyes and nose looks clear and she seems fine otherwise. My stomach is in knots. I wish I had a god to pray to.
I know the above sounds like a lot of prodding but the only interaction is taking it from night box to soak for 15 min then to its pen. 12 hours later she's back in the night box. Definitely trying to keep my distance and minimize stress.Take it easy please.
You mentioned that your tort did eat. Well, that a step ahead; is it not?
Be patient: we all know torts do NOT like change and take time to get used to it. I believe that's the case with yours.
One if my Radiated tortoises behaved like what you are describing. She tended to just sit wherever I would place her. In the outside pen she wouldn't move until she got too hot in the sun. In her inside cage she might not move from where she was fed breakfast until I came to put her outside. She is four years old now and much more active but still not as active as the others.
Glad to know someone has been able to do something with your nervousness.Well, that's better than it being sick or dying. I hope it's not going to be a sloth though! Lol. But that really is comforting to hear.