Kittychu
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I have a 12 year old Male Sulcata I've raised from a baby. This November, I moved out from a stressful living situation. My new room is an attic room, and its typically colder in the winter than the last couple places I've lived. Since we moved, my tortoise has not been eating. It's been a month now. I scratch his back every morning and he wiggles, so I know he is alive. But he just sits under his heat lamp and doesn't touch his food or water.
I had assumed he had been brumating, but I've now read a few posts that say that sulcata's do not brumate. He has only gone one winter before without eating, and then continued to not eat in the spring, so I took him to a vet. I don't want that to happen again, so I wanted to ask some advice.
Is it safe for me to wait until spring and see if he's eating again by then? Or should I take counter measures now?
Thank you very much
I had assumed he had been brumating, but I've now read a few posts that say that sulcata's do not brumate. He has only gone one winter before without eating, and then continued to not eat in the spring, so I took him to a vet. I don't want that to happen again, so I wanted to ask some advice.
Is it safe for me to wait until spring and see if he's eating again by then? Or should I take counter measures now?
Thank you very much