Tortoise not eating as much

Joseph Flores

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I have a baby leopard tortoise and recently he has not been eating as much as he would in the mornings and yes it is summertime already. His basking spot is 105 and his ambient temps are around 80 and I never had any issues of him before not running to his food and eating it. Yes I do give him daily soaks like I did this morning and he pooped a lot.
 

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I wouldn’t worry as long as it eats at a constant rate, you should lower the basking temperature. Do you use a Heat bulb or CHE?
 

iAmCentrochelys sulcata

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I have a heat bulb and I use a CHE for the night time.
Do you provide any access to uvb?
I would get rid of the heat bulb since they dry out the Carapace, which will increase the chances/ will start Pyramiding. With those temperatures I believe you don’t retain much humidity in your tortoise enclosure, what the humidity percentage?
 

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My enclosure is surround with shower curtain kiner and it is usually between 70 to 80 percent so that seems good.
 

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