Hi everybody i have a 1 year 1 month old Hermanns tortoise i just wanted to go thru and see if you think hes healthy or not.
When i first got him in may 2020 when he was 5 months there were a lot of problems with my care, it was to dry, the light was poorly setup so not all the uv from the light did got in the enclosure, he was getting to much supplemnt such as calcium and d3 and i am not sure if his diet was tip top. Then during the summer one month after i got the tort he was kept outside so lighting was not a problem but he still was almost only fed dandelion greens and flowers and some other weeds but not enough variety. Another problem is that he was not reguarly soaked or almost at all in the beggining until Septemeber becuse i was not well educated. So when September rolls around when he starts living inside again i fixed a lot of thing with my care i started soaking daily the indoor lighting was fixed i lowered the amount of suplementing and improved his diet the only real problem that was left was that it was to dry in the enclosure.
Later in early november i took him to the vet and the vet said that he looked perfectly healthy. Fast forward to Januari i finally covered his enclosure so now The humidity is good. The only thing that could have made his health worst since the Vet appointment in November where the vet said the tort was perfectly healthy was lack of humidity, but that is fixed now.
The only small concern i have is that his shell still has some slight give whare the yolc sac used to be otherwise his shell is almost completely hard.
But anyway with this in mind Do you guys think hes healthy?
He currently waighs 49 grams and acts completely healthy nothing points at him being sick, his eyes are clear, his nose is clear and he does not have anything weird i his mouth. He has a good apetite and seems to be strong in his legs.
He did get some gritty urates twice the first was in october but that time was fixed and the second time was in dember so i am currently working on fixing that but apart from that everything seems good.
His lighting is a 50watt HID spot lmap and a dayligt tubes. I know spot is not the best but it's what i have
Heres some pics of the tort and the enclosure.
When i first got him in may 2020 when he was 5 months there were a lot of problems with my care, it was to dry, the light was poorly setup so not all the uv from the light did got in the enclosure, he was getting to much supplemnt such as calcium and d3 and i am not sure if his diet was tip top. Then during the summer one month after i got the tort he was kept outside so lighting was not a problem but he still was almost only fed dandelion greens and flowers and some other weeds but not enough variety. Another problem is that he was not reguarly soaked or almost at all in the beggining until Septemeber becuse i was not well educated. So when September rolls around when he starts living inside again i fixed a lot of thing with my care i started soaking daily the indoor lighting was fixed i lowered the amount of suplementing and improved his diet the only real problem that was left was that it was to dry in the enclosure.
Later in early november i took him to the vet and the vet said that he looked perfectly healthy. Fast forward to Januari i finally covered his enclosure so now The humidity is good. The only thing that could have made his health worst since the Vet appointment in November where the vet said the tort was perfectly healthy was lack of humidity, but that is fixed now.
The only small concern i have is that his shell still has some slight give whare the yolc sac used to be otherwise his shell is almost completely hard.
But anyway with this in mind Do you guys think hes healthy?
He currently waighs 49 grams and acts completely healthy nothing points at him being sick, his eyes are clear, his nose is clear and he does not have anything weird i his mouth. He has a good apetite and seems to be strong in his legs.
He did get some gritty urates twice the first was in october but that time was fixed and the second time was in dember so i am currently working on fixing that but apart from that everything seems good.
His lighting is a 50watt HID spot lmap and a dayligt tubes. I know spot is not the best but it's what i have
Heres some pics of the tort and the enclosure.
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