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- Feb 14, 2011
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Hi everyone!
I'm new here and also new to the tortoise world, though I have read up and done my research. A woman was getting rid of a Hingeback and her tank, so I decided I was going go for it.
The tank has substrate, an aquarium light, and a water dish/watering area. That's it.
I've looked online and it seems that his shell is sunken-in, in some areas which tells me that he's been neglected. She said he's about 2 years old. She gave me a container of "bearded dragon food" and said that he eats it so she was giving it to him. My first thought was "Of course he's eating it, he has to eat something or he'll die!" Please tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think lizards and tortoises eat the same kind of pellet food.
What can I do to help get him back into shape? I need to get him a spotlight so he can bask and a humidity gauge since that's not in there either. Any suggestions on other things I can do? Will his shell permanently be all messed up because of the way he was treated before?
I'm new here and also new to the tortoise world, though I have read up and done my research. A woman was getting rid of a Hingeback and her tank, so I decided I was going go for it.
The tank has substrate, an aquarium light, and a water dish/watering area. That's it.
I've looked online and it seems that his shell is sunken-in, in some areas which tells me that he's been neglected. She said he's about 2 years old. She gave me a container of "bearded dragon food" and said that he eats it so she was giving it to him. My first thought was "Of course he's eating it, he has to eat something or he'll die!" Please tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think lizards and tortoises eat the same kind of pellet food.
What can I do to help get him back into shape? I need to get him a spotlight so he can bask and a humidity gauge since that's not in there either. Any suggestions on other things I can do? Will his shell permanently be all messed up because of the way he was treated before?