Tortoise help!

[Bulbabye]

Hello,
I have a one year old tortoise who is two this year she is in a open tortoise table with a uvb/heat lamp , hides, water bowl , and a piece of slate for her food . However this past month I have noticed a change in her eating which has now reduced to nothing she had taken a few mouthfuls of romaine lettuce yesterday but that is all, the last time I weighed her a few months ago and she weighed 230g I have weighed her again this morning and she is 214 … all she wants to do is sleep. She has never hibernated before as she’s to young .

Her temperature is 31.4 c under her lamp and 20.8c on the cold side , I normally soak her every other day but this past week I have soaked her everyday this week and she has urinated but she has not pooed . Any help on what is the matter with her ?

The only thing I could think it could be is worms but she was last wormed on September 2021 (she didn’t have any worms in her poo but has given it her for yearly prevention ) I have tried to contact a reptile vet but nobody in my area will resister any new patients … so I am lost on what to do .

The food I offer her include , romaine lettuce , mint, rocket, dandelions , lambs lettuce , and now and again I will offer her tortoise pelleted but very rarely as I have heard they are not very good for her diet . And I also sprinkle calcium powder onto her food every other day .

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Should I give her another wormer ?
Any idea what could be wrong please do comment
Thank you !

 

[wellington]

Never give medication unless needed. I have never wormed mine and never a reason too.
What is the substrate?
Basking temp should be around 95F
All over from 75-80 all over the rest of the enclosure for day time. Can get into 60's at night. Humidity 80%
If they can't warm up enough they can't digest their food. Get basking temps and all over temps up and see how she does.

 

[wellington]

Never give medication unless needed. I have never worked mine and never a reason too.
What is the substrate?
Basking temp should be around 95F
All over from 75-80 all over the rest of the enclosure for day time. Can get into 60's at night. Humidity 80%
If they can't warm up enough they can't digest their food. Get basking temps and all over temps up and see how she does.

This info is for russian and hermanns.
What do you actually have?

 

[zolasmum]

Hello from Devon - I'm so sorry about your little one - what sort of tortoise is she/he ? I am not an expert, but I think you might be putting too much calcium powder on her food -that can put them off. The tiniest bit maybe twice a week should be enough. And she is highly unlikely to have worms, as there is no way she could have got them if she is in a table.
Can you send a photo of her enclosure, and of her too - there might be something that people here might notice..
Best wishes
Angie

 

[Bulbabye]

Never give medication unless needed. I have never worked mine and never a reason too.
What is the substrate?
Basking temp should be around 95F
All over from 75-80 all over the rest of the enclosure for day time. Can get into 60's at night. Humidity 80%
If they can't warm up enough they can't digest their food. Get basking temps and all over temps up and see how she does.

Thank you for the reply ,
Her substrate is topsoil

 

[Bulbabye]

This info is for russian and hermanns.
What do you actually have?

She is a Russian tortoise

 

[wellington]

Thank you for the reply ,
Her substrate is topsoil

If it has any white pellet things in it get rid of it. If not, I would put orchid back over it and wet the bark for some humidity.

 

[Bulbabye]

Hello from Devon - I'm so sorry about your little one - what sort of tortoise is she/he ? I am not an expert, but I think you might be putting too much calcium powder on her food -that can put them off. The tiniest bit maybe twice a week should be enough. And she is highly unlikely to have worms, as there is no way she could have got them if she is in a table.
Can you send a photo of her enclosure, and of her too - there might be something that people here might notice..
Best wishes
Angie

Hello from Devon - I'm so sorry about your little one - what sort of tortoise is she/he ? I am not an expert, but I think you might be putting too much calcium powder on her food -that can put them off. The tiniest bit maybe twice a week should be enough. And she is highly unlikely to have worms, as there is no way she could have got them if she is in a table.
Can you send a photo of her enclosure, and of her too - there might be something that people here might notice..
Best wishes
Angie

If it has any white pellet things in it get rid of it. If not, I would put orchid back over it and wet the bark for some humidity.

It’s organic soil so nothing in the top soil and I keep it wet

 

[Bulbabye]

Hello from Devon - I'm so sorry about your little one - what sort of tortoise is she/he ? I am not an expert, but I think you might be putting too much calcium powder on her food -that can put them off. The tiniest bit maybe twice a week should be enough. And she is highly unlikely to have worms, as there is no way she could have got them if she is in a table.
Can you send a photo of her enclosure, and of her too - there might be something that people here might notice..
Best wishes
Angie

Hello from Devon - I'm so sorry about your little one - what sort of tortoise is she/he ? I am not an expert, but I think you might be putting too much calcium powder on her food -that can put them off. The tiniest bit maybe twice a week should be enough. And she is highly unlikely to have worms, as there is no way she could have got them if she is in a table.
Can you send a photo of her enclosure, and of her too - there might be something that people here might notice..
Best wishes
Angie

 

[wellington]

With an open top she really is not getting the humidity she needs and has some pyramiding.
Get the temps up where I suggested earlier and likely things will improve. Keep us posted if they do or not.

 

[zolasmum]

I think she might be better with her water in a terracotta plant saucer sunk into the substrate to ground level - this would be easier to get her head into , for drinking, or to walk in and out of the water, if she wanted.
What's her name ?
Angie

 

[wellington]

I second zolasmum post about the water dish. The one you have is a drowning hazard.

 

[TammyJ]

I think she is possibly dehydrated. Do you soak her? Why is the enclosure not covered? Too maintain the humidity she needs to stay healthy?

 

[TammyJ]

Ok, sorry, I see that you do indeed soak her. How long do you soak her for each day and is the water warm?

 

[Bulbabye]

I think she is possibly dehydrated. Do you soak her? Why is the enclosure not covered? Too maintain the humidity she needs to stay healthy?

It never came with a cover ? What should I put over it ?

 

[Bulbabye]

Ok, sorry, I see that you do indeed soak her. How long do you soak her for each day and is the water warm?

Yes I do soak her for 30 mins in warm water and it’s in a bath so she has plenty of room to walk about

 

[TammyJ]

You could use a sheet of clear plastic or plexiglass, I think, but others here will be able to advise you about this better than me.

 

[Bulbabye]

With an open top she really is not getting the humidity she needs and has some pyramiding.
Get the temps up where I suggested earlier and likely things will improve. Keep us posted if they do or not.

How do you suggest I keep her warm in her enclosure as it doesn’t have a top? And I don’t think she has pyramiding I can show you more pictures of her . And I have a microclimate thermostat for her

 

[Bulbabye]

I think she might be better with her water in a terracotta plant saucer sunk into the substrate to ground level - this would be easier to get her head into , for drinking, or to walk in and out of the water, if she wanted.
What's her name ?
Angie

Thank you I will throw it away and buy her just that. She’s called Matilda ! Thank you

 

[Bulbabye]

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