Colint
New Member
Hi,
I’m new to the forum and was hoping to get some advice on this issue.
We have a 4 year one Russian tortoise that has stopped having any interest in food for the last 3-4 weeks, she has lost about 30-40 grams in weight in this time (she was around 750g at the start of this problem).
We had a similar issue last year when she held out for nearly 4 months, we took her to a vet and was give a clean bill of health and after speaking to the shop we bought her from they advised we kept the heat lamp on 24/7.
She did start eating again soon after so we left the heat on (set to 31 deg) all year round. Unfortunately we are having the same problem now despite the heater being on all the time.
We feed her a variety of foods and also dandelion pellets that she usually cannot get enough of, now she refuses to eat anything at all.
I hope someone could advise me as we have tried so hard to get her to eat.
Many thanks,
Colin
I’m new to the forum and was hoping to get some advice on this issue.
We have a 4 year one Russian tortoise that has stopped having any interest in food for the last 3-4 weeks, she has lost about 30-40 grams in weight in this time (she was around 750g at the start of this problem).
We had a similar issue last year when she held out for nearly 4 months, we took her to a vet and was give a clean bill of health and after speaking to the shop we bought her from they advised we kept the heat lamp on 24/7.
She did start eating again soon after so we left the heat on (set to 31 deg) all year round. Unfortunately we are having the same problem now despite the heater being on all the time.
We feed her a variety of foods and also dandelion pellets that she usually cannot get enough of, now she refuses to eat anything at all.
I hope someone could advise me as we have tried so hard to get her to eat.
Many thanks,
Colin