hi everybody!
my name is Edita and I am student of ecology or you could say ing. of biology. I am 22 and I have a baby t. hermani (kreso) and he is 2, I say a "he" until I know diferent
so... here we don't know much about them and whenever I see something suscpicios I get really scared but I have no way to get to good info.
any book could be very good.
curent state : I have him indoor in a big "place" (don't know the word sorry)
and yes, he looks suspicious... like his sight is a bit bad and like he has something over his eyes... he seems unable to focus on food. he sees it but last few cm he is trying to eat air
and I never noticed this before.
I have him for a year...
so, thanks !
talk to you soon
Hi Edita and welcome to the forum
Welcome to the forum. I am sure someone will offer some advice to you. Do you soak your tortoise?
Welcome. You'll find we have quite few hermani owners and breeders here that can give you some good guidance. Are you able post pictures, they often help.
Itort Wrote:Welcome. You'll find we have quite few hermani owners and breeders here that can give you some good guidance. Are you able post pictures, they often help.
Hello
WElcome to the forum!
I Have some book suggestions for you
Keeping and breeding tortoises in captivity-A.C.Highfield
Taking Care of Tortoises,their eggs and hatchlings-Henny Fenwick
Also check out The Tortoise Trust website-very informative
Also the British Chelonia Group as in the UK there are a lot of hermanns keepers!
The internet sources are great if you need information quickly but it is good to have books on hand too.
Hope this helps
Welcome, glad you found us.
Hello and welcome!! to you have lights on your tortoise.
Thank for welcome everynody...
as I work at the local zoo (also newbie
) I asked the vet there... and well, my little one got a shoot today and is under strict observation.. but I believe that is another topic
talk to you soon
What did the vet say might be your little ones problem??
well she (the vet) said that all the symptoms... loosing sight, wet eyes (sorry don't know better term in english) and peeling of skin is the beginning of avitaminoses and when she saw him she said it is also aproteinase. I have him for a year and well obviously I didn't know all the right conditions like extra vitamins and that I should give an egg from time to time
I am just a bit worried that it will not develop into pneumonia. cause he is really small and has too little mass for now...
( I hate when you can't get right info in Croatia- the same happened when I started to grow Carnivorous plants... so now my conscious is killing me
)
Don't blame yourself. I have been given faulty information before, but finding help and asking advice is the only way to learn. We have all made mistakes
. I was curious as to what was wrong with your little one because I recently rehomed two Hermann's yearlings that were being fed iceburg lettuce for a year. One had a horrible eye infection that I had to take him to the vet for. The eye is better, but he still does like you were explaining yours does when he eats, he bites at the air first. At first I thought this was because his eye sight was affected by the infection, but he still does it. I had wondered if this could be due to vitamin deficiency. The other one eats just fine. These little guys are still awfully small (38 and 34 grams), so I'm doing the best I can with them.
the vet told me to give him banana smashed from time to time and he got a shoot of vitamins... and I should take him for check up in few weeks. the good thing is I really pay much attention so I caught this in the beginning.
That's right
. I'm glad you noticed before he got sicker! Your off to a good start with being a good tortoise keeper
