PUFFY!!!

[SnitchWing17528]

What should i do?

She has coco it coir and her temps are 90 at basking and 78 on cool end???

 

[johnandjade]

hows the humidity and how often do you soak? sorry i dont have answers but this could be a factor? it should also help an experienced member advise i think. hope all is ok

 

[Teesh]

hows the humidity and how often do you soak? sorry i dont have answers but this could be a factor? it should also help an experienced member advise i think. hope all is ok

Sorry this is her sister and the humidty is 60-70% and soaks every day

 

[Tom]

I'm sorry. We need more info.

What should you do about what? Is the tortoise sick? Is the tortoise "puffy", or is that its name?

Tell us more about what the issue is?

 

[Teesh]

I'm sorry. We need more info.

What should you do about what? Is the tortoise sick? Is the tortoise "puffy", or is that its name?

Tell us more about what the issue is?

S
She's NYMPHADORA but do her eyes look puffy in the picture?? And a little white?

 

[stojanovski92113]

Your tortoises eyes are puffy??? What light bulb do you use?

 

[Tom]

Is SnitchWing using a coil bulb?

What is the history of this tortoise?

What heating and lighting equipment?

Over night low?

Diet?

 

[stojanovski92113]

Your tortoises eyes are puffy??? What light bulb do you use?

In your tortoises enclosure

 

[Teesh]

Is SnitchWing using a coil bulb?

What is the history of this tortoise?

What heating and lighting equipment?

Over night low?

Diet?

No coil bulb, MVB solar raptor overnight temps are 65-70 Degrees
And the history???

 

[Teesh]

Your tortoises eyes are puffy??? What light bulb do you use?

Not a coil bulb

 

[Teesh]

The question is: DO THEY LOOK PUFFY? Thanks!!!!!

 

[Tom]

And the history???

How long has she had it?
How old?
Where did she get it?
How was it started as a hatchling?
Etc...

 

[stojanovski92113]

In my opinion Yes, from this picture. Is your tortoise lethargic? The tort looks sick in this picture

 

[Tom]

The question is: DO THEY LOOK PUFFY? Thanks!!!!!

They do look a little bit puffy, but I'd need to see more than the one pic. When the tortoise is up and walking around do the eyes open more? What about in a soak?

Those solar raptors make A LOT of UV. Ever had a meter under there? Might be too much. Since they don't produce a lot of heat, some tortoises will spend a lot of time under them. It could burn their eyes.

A basking area of 90 might be a little too cool. I'd go a little warmer. 95-100 just in that basking area. Not the whole warm side.

 

[Teesh]

They do look a little bit puffy, but I'd need to see more than the one pic. When the tortoise is up and walking around do the eyes open more? What about in a soak?

Those solar raptors make A LOT of UV. Ever had a meter under there? Might be too much. Since they don't produce a lot of heat, some tortoises will spend a lot of time under them. It could burn their eyes.

A basking area of 90 might be a little too cool. I'd go a little warmer. 95-100 just in that basking area. Not the whole warm side.

It's only a 35 WATT so... But her eyes look like this usually

 

[Tom]

It's only a 35 WATT so... But her eyes look like this usually

The eyes look better in the second pic. Is the tort lethargic? Appetite okay?

A 35 watt Solar Raptor is capable of burning the eyes if the tortoise sits under it a lot or if its too close. A UV meter is the only way to know.

 

[Teesh]

The eyes look better in the second pic. Is the tort lethargic? Appetite okay?

A 35 watt Solar Raptor is capable of burning the eyes if the tortoise sits under it a lot or if its too close. A UV meter is the only way to know.

Ok well thank you for the info!!! Appetite is good and not lethargic, quite engergetic actually

 

[stojanovski92113]

Yeah the second pic the tortoise looks good!! Tom offers great advice!

 

[Tom]

Ok well thank you for the info!!! Appetite is good and not lethargic, quite engergetic actually

Teesh, I strongly recommend you get a meter under that bulb. Not using a meter to test your UV levels is equivalent to not using a thermometer to test your temps. Actually, a human can sort of feel the temp and make a guess, but we can't see the UV, so my analogy isn't even all that great. I don't know where you guys are, but perhaps you could borrow a meter for a day?

Here is the one I use and recommend:
https://www.solarmeter.com/model65.html

If you guys are in SoCal, you can borrow mine.

 

[Teesh]

How long has she had it?
How old?
Where did she get it?
How was it started as a hatchling?
Etc...

I don't know how long she's had it for, she's 7 mos, and yes