hannamin
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Hannamin:
In your post you did not mention not eating, nor diet. In trying to help you we need more info. With eye problems, many immediately ask about UVB bulbs, but often don't look further into a more common vitamin A deficiency as a cause. You need to slowly get you tortoise to start eating a more varied diet including the deep green vegetables and maybe even a little carrot to get it some vitamin A and more blanced diet. What has your tortoise been eating, and will eat now?
Oh, sorry I forgot to mention it because she does not eat at all, I Googled and it says because she's hibernating. I've only had it for a month, it was a birthday gift. Tortoise sellers here don't care about the animals and I'm sure she was tortured, the friend who got me the tortoise kept telling me that he didn't know anything about tortoises and kept telling her 'Feed her anything green.' and wouldn't reply to any of her other questions, so excuse my ignorance about this topic. She drinks water but refuses to eat anything. I've read that lettuce is good for her so I chopped some to little pieces and put it in front of her. She didn't eat, I tried putting big chunks or even feeding her myself but nothing has worked. I want to make her a happy tortoise but I do not know what to do.