Please help! Is my redfoot tortoise sick?

[Nijia_Tortoise]

Hello,

My baby was bought from petco on Jan 17 and is about 6 inch long.
The temperature is 80 degree and humidity is around 70 (I use humidifier).
I feed him every two days with romaine lettuce and rep-cal tortoise food. He eats a little (half lettuce leaf or 5 rep0cal). He is not active and sleeps almost all day. Here are some pictures of him and poops. Is he sick now? Please give me some advice.

 

[G-stars]

What are your four temps: warm side, cool side, basking, and night? Also I would offer food everyday and a lot more variety.

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

What are your four temps: warm side, cool side, basking, and night? Also I would offer food everyday and a lot more variety.

warmest 85, cool is 77, night is 72.
Can I just feed with dry rep-cal?

 

[G-stars]

The stool doesn't look normal to me. Although I have never seen my tortoises with parasites, I believe that's what your seeing there. Wait until someone else confirms that.

 

[G-stars]

warmest 85, cool is 77, night is 72.
Can I just feed with dry rep-cal?

Do you have a basking temperature? If you must feed grocery greens I would go with endive and escarole.

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

Do you have a basking temperature? If you must feed grocery greens I would go with endive and escarole.

Basking temperature is around 90.
What is the food you suggest?

 

[G-stars]

Basking temperature is around 90.
What is the food you suggest?

Just a few of the top of my head are: hibiscus
Opuntia cactus
Mulberry
Grape vine leaves

All kind of weeds
Thistle
Mallow
White clover
The list is sooo long. I'll look for a complete list of edible weeds.

Mazuri pellets.

This is just a short list. I'll find a complete list and link you to it.

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

Just a few of the top of my head are: hibiscus
Opuntia cactus
Mulberry
Grape vine leaves

All kind of weeds
Thistle
Mallow
White clover
The list is sooo long. I'll look for a complete list of edible weeds.

Mazuri pellets.

This is just a short list. I'll find a complete list and link you to it.

Thank you so much!!!!

 

[G-stars]

Check out this care sheet specifically for red foots. Hope this helps.

http://www.turtletary.com/redfootcare.htm

 

[stojanovski92113]

Hello. Your tortoises should have food offered to him everyday in my opinion. He needs variety. Variety is the key for successful feeding. Dark leafy greens such as dandelions, mustard, kale, collards, and escarole, endive, spring mix are to name some lettuces. Fruit should be offered occasionally too: strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, papaya, mangos, and peaches are to name a few. They can eat cactus pads, flowers and leaves as noted by G-stars. They can also eat mazuri. What kind of lighting do you use in your torts enclosure? His feces looks very odd. I'm not sure what to say on that. Someone with more experience will help you. I hope your baby gets his appetite back.

 

[ascott]

Hello,

My baby was bought from petco on Jan 17 and is about 6 inch long.
The temperature is 80 degree and humidity is around 70 (I use humidifier).
I feed him every two days with romaine lettuce and rep-cal tortoise food. He eats a little (half lettuce leaf or 5 rep0cal). He is not active and sleeps almost all day. Here are some pictures of him and poops. Is he sick now? Please give me some advice.

The tortoise is still new to the new enclosure....I would be sure to never let the temps (day and night) ever fall below 80-83 degrees, especially if you are keeping the ENTIRE enclosure at the high humidity (yes, this is a humidity loving species, but they also need an opportunity to move to dry location to allow their shell and body in its entirety to dry out from time to time)....what type of substrate are you using? I would also use a good organic spring mix as the base and then add additional items to the base.....also, it won't hurt to get a fresh sample to your local reptile vet to confirm the parasite count/type---remember, some is fine, it is just the excessive count that can present a problem....cute little tort...

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

Hello. Your tortoises should have food offered to him everyday in my opinion. He needs variety. Variety is the key for successful feeding. Dark leafy greens such as dandelions, mustard, kale, collards, and escarole, endive, spring mix are to name some lettuces. Fruit should be offered occasionally too: strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, papaya, mangos, and peaches are to name a few. They can eat cactus pads, flowers and leaves as noted by G-stars. They can also eat mazuri. What kind of lighting do you use in your torts enclosure? His feces looks very odd. I'm not sure what to say on that. Someone with more experience will help you. I hope your baby gets his appetite back.

Thank you so much. I may take him to see the vet first.

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

The tortoise is still new to the new enclosure....I would be sure to never let the temps (day and night) ever fall below 80-83 degrees, especially if you are keeping the ENTIRE enclosure at the high humidity (yes, this is a humidity loving species, but they also need an opportunity to move to dry location to allow their shell and body in its entirety to dry out from time to time)....what type of substrate are you using? I would also use a good organic spring mix as the base and then add additional items to the base.....also, it won't hurt to get a fresh sample to your local reptile vet to confirm the parasite count/type---remember, some is fine, it is just the excessive count that can present a problem....cute little tort...

Thank you so much! I may take him to the vet first.

 

[Tortshort]

I would suggest deworming your redfoot. My friend had purchased one from another pet store and hers was loaded with worms, otherwise have your veterinarian test for worms and that will require you bring in a sample of poop to them.

 

[newCH]

I know I am fairly new with torts, but the first pic is of urates only
& and the second is with urates and feces.
For a redfoot, it would be bad if the urates were white and chalky
like a russian tort. The urates can change color depending on diet also. I am sure some one else will chime in to help.

 

[newCH]

When you mention him not eating well, try temproarily not putting the supplement & see if he eats better. My Seldon would approach
the food and barely eat when I added supplement. He has a cuttlebone all the time & I wait until its a protein or fruit day to
hide the supplement. Easier to hide in a bit of tuna or chopped mango.

 

[newCH]

Almost forgot, your tort is very handsome. The shell looks nice also !!!

 

[crimson_lotus]

I don't believe Redfoots should excrete urates.

How often do you soak your tortoise? I agree with the above about giving your tortoise a more varied diet.

 

[crimson_lotus]

Please note that your tortoise is a fruit eating species and also requires protein. The care sheet linked above will help you a lot!

 

[Nijia_Tortoise]

Almost forgot, your tort is very handsome. The shell looks nice also !!!

Thank you.