Cassi,
I just found this thread and read everything. I don't think any of the comments were aimed at you being a bad mom. A lot of breeders and pet stores give bad advice because they are not current with their tort care or they want to sale you something. If you were doing something that you were told to do for your tort and it caused it harm, the members here want to help you correct it. That was probably not the case here, but it is a lot of the time. The members here really care and just want to help, but sometime their passion for tortioses comes off as harsh. I really don't think anyone here was judging you. Please keep us posted on how your little guy is doing and good luck to the both of you.
I just found this thread and read everything. I don't think any of the comments were aimed at you being a bad mom. A lot of breeders and pet stores give bad advice because they are not current with their tort care or they want to sale you something. If you were doing something that you were told to do for your tort and it caused it harm, the members here want to help you correct it. That was probably not the case here, but it is a lot of the time. The members here really care and just want to help, but sometime their passion for tortioses comes off as harsh. I really don't think anyone here was judging you. Please keep us posted on how your little guy is doing and good luck to the both of you.