Mom of Zitouna
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I got a baby tortoise 2 months ago. She's really really small although I don't know her age.
Ever since I got her, she. Never. Ate. Literally. I tried to put food in front of her. I tried to put her in front of her older sister as she ate so that maybe she'd pick up on how to eat. Nothing. I tried everything, she just doesn't seem to know how to bite.
I gave her soaks, I put her in different temperatures, I run to put her in the sun as soon as there's sun. Still she won't eat.
That being said, she can drink. She drinks when I soak her and when I picked a strawberry and crushed it with my fingers and brought it close to her mouth, she opened her mouth a little and drank the juice.
But she won't eat.
As for the encolsure, I'll disappoint you all. I live in the third world. I don't even think I saw encolsures sold at any stores and even if I did, I wouldn't have been able to afford it. My baby, when I bough her was in a tiny container with about 30 other babies. What I'm trying to say, is we just don't have technology or means. So my two tortoises sleep in a cardboard box which I covered in an old cloth and I take them out in day time so they can roam freely a bit.
I'm worried for her. I read that tortoises can survive three months without eating. Then what? Will she die just like that? Can I do something for her? Why is she the only one who can't eat while her sister who lives in the exact same conditions has no problems? BTW her sister is a bit bigger than her but they're both babies.
Ever since I got her, she. Never. Ate. Literally. I tried to put food in front of her. I tried to put her in front of her older sister as she ate so that maybe she'd pick up on how to eat. Nothing. I tried everything, she just doesn't seem to know how to bite.
I gave her soaks, I put her in different temperatures, I run to put her in the sun as soon as there's sun. Still she won't eat.
That being said, she can drink. She drinks when I soak her and when I picked a strawberry and crushed it with my fingers and brought it close to her mouth, she opened her mouth a little and drank the juice.
But she won't eat.
As for the encolsure, I'll disappoint you all. I live in the third world. I don't even think I saw encolsures sold at any stores and even if I did, I wouldn't have been able to afford it. My baby, when I bough her was in a tiny container with about 30 other babies. What I'm trying to say, is we just don't have technology or means. So my two tortoises sleep in a cardboard box which I covered in an old cloth and I take them out in day time so they can roam freely a bit.
I'm worried for her. I read that tortoises can survive three months without eating. Then what? Will she die just like that? Can I do something for her? Why is she the only one who can't eat while her sister who lives in the exact same conditions has no problems? BTW her sister is a bit bigger than her but they're both babies.