Hi all,
About 3 weeks ago, we had the dreaded raccoon attack that everyone warns you about don't think will happen to you. We now lock up our Redfoots every night.
In any case, our male Redfoot was the one attacked. When we found him, he was flipped over and had a little blood around his tail. Otherwise, there were no other visible marks. We cleaned his tail with hydrogen peroxide.
Our issue is that he now seems to be a different tortoise. He used to spend lots of time outdoors and eat whenever we fed him. Now, he spends all his time in the hide box. We have to take him out of the hide for him to eat and he sometimes doesn't eat at all. I noticed his droppings is wet and loose but not quite diarrhea.
I figured he would return to normal after a little while, but that hasn't been the case. Could there be some issue with him? Like an infection of some sort? Any advice on what to do?
Thanks all.
Patrick
About 3 weeks ago, we had the dreaded raccoon attack that everyone warns you about don't think will happen to you. We now lock up our Redfoots every night.
In any case, our male Redfoot was the one attacked. When we found him, he was flipped over and had a little blood around his tail. Otherwise, there were no other visible marks. We cleaned his tail with hydrogen peroxide.
Our issue is that he now seems to be a different tortoise. He used to spend lots of time outdoors and eat whenever we fed him. Now, he spends all his time in the hide box. We have to take him out of the hide for him to eat and he sometimes doesn't eat at all. I noticed his droppings is wet and loose but not quite diarrhea.
I figured he would return to normal after a little while, but that hasn't been the case. Could there be some issue with him? Like an infection of some sort? Any advice on what to do?
Thanks all.
Patrick