TMNTortoise
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Hello everyone!
I have a Russian tortoise named Ollie. I am unsure how old he is, but I have had him for about four years now. Recently (for the past few months), my sister has been taking care of him. I have noticed in the past few weeks (probably around 5-6 weeks) that he has been sleeping a lot and hasn't been eating much. I've tried anything that I can think of to perk him up (soaking every day, changing his diet, replacing UV bulb, increasing heat in tank, etc.), but it hasn't been helping. I have recently begun giving him carrots every few days to make sure that he gets some food in him. He eats those as soon as he sees them! I am worried that his beak might be overgrown, making it a little more challenging for him to eat (obviously no one can give advice on that until I post pictures), but I was wondering if anyone had any other advice.
I will be posting pictures later, but I am currently not able to! Thanks in advance for any help that you can give me.
I have a Russian tortoise named Ollie. I am unsure how old he is, but I have had him for about four years now. Recently (for the past few months), my sister has been taking care of him. I have noticed in the past few weeks (probably around 5-6 weeks) that he has been sleeping a lot and hasn't been eating much. I've tried anything that I can think of to perk him up (soaking every day, changing his diet, replacing UV bulb, increasing heat in tank, etc.), but it hasn't been helping. I have recently begun giving him carrots every few days to make sure that he gets some food in him. He eats those as soon as he sees them! I am worried that his beak might be overgrown, making it a little more challenging for him to eat (obviously no one can give advice on that until I post pictures), but I was wondering if anyone had any other advice.
I will be posting pictures later, but I am currently not able to! Thanks in advance for any help that you can give me.