hi i am new to this i just bought a tortoise its 4 yrs old hes a henmann but when i picked him up yesterday he still hasnt eatern or drinking any clues please
hes was very lively at 9 pm last night

hello and welcome to tfo.
what are you feeding him?

i i have tried everything dandelions lettuce apple carrot tomato brown bread and hes just nudging it with his nose i have only had him since lunchtime yesterday and im worried

torts can cope with not eating for quite sometime, so don't be to worried.
You just need to be sure you're feeding it right.
apple, tomato & bread are all unsuitable for hermann's.
It's a vegetarian tort, so you should feed it weeds (dandelions are great food). list of safe weeds here: http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/www.she...Weeds.html

as for now, you could try some squash. my hermann's cannot resist it. just the orange color gets him all worked up....
keep experimenting different weeds\vegetabeles (curli endive, watercress, turnip greens are popular & nutritious) until you find something he likes.

after that you can mix other food with the one that works, so to mix their scent.

how do you have him setup?
post some pics of the enclosure if you can.
and keep asking us questons.

Your new hermann needs an adjustment period, some will not eat for a few days after coming home and others will eat right away. Don't worry yet, give him some time alone to adjust to his surroundings and then he should eat for you. Keep his water dish filled with warm water and soak him 2-3 times a week in a seperate container. Do you have a heat lamp and a UVB bulb? When setting up your cage make sure you have a warm end and then a cool end so s/he can regulate his tempature. Here is a site for hermann care... http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs...rmanns.htm and http://www.hermann-tortoise.co.uk/main.html I am sure Hermann caregivers will follow and they might even have better care sheets. Here is a list of plants that are safe for your tort. http://www.russiantortoise.org/edible_plants.htm welcome to TFO glad you and your tort found us!! And we love pictures!!

i have him in a 2ft square wooden box as hes only small and he has a water dish wood chippings and has a slate to climb on he has a heat bulb and a uv bulb he even has uv bulb in his bedroom area thanks for the advice

you should consider changing that for aspen and/or top soil

what is aspen and i only bought woodchippings coz the pet shop told me to he was also feeding him cat food but i read that this is wrong does this mean he could have harmed my baby

this is aspen: http://www.petco.com/product/14364/Zoo-M...dding.aspx

woodchips are dusty and can be hard on the animal's eyes & lungs.

as for cat food, it's - like you said - a totally wrong diet for a hermann's and it might explain why the tort is not eating the new food you're providing.

It'll just take a little time for it to be hungry enough to try what you give him.

be sure to read through the links that Jen geve you, just to make sure you're not missing anything.

if you post some pics of your setup we can have a better idea of what is going on

cheers,
T

You need to keep the uvb and heat bulbs by each other at one end of the enclosure, there is no need for it to be in his house. They need a place that they can retreat to if it gets to hot. Cat food is a no no for hermanns. Give him some time to adjust and he will start eating. I just got 2 new torts in, one ate the first day and the other the second day, but I have some that didn't eat for a week. keep clean warm water in his box and continue to offer food daily and he will eat soon enough.