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Edita · 03-27-2008, 02:20 AM

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 Smile

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 Sad

and I never noticed this before.

I have him for a year...

so, thanks !

talk to you soon

micki · 03-27-2008, 02:41 AM

Hi Edita and welcome to the forum Smile

jlyoncc1 · 03-27-2008, 03:27 AM

Welcome to the forum. I am sure someone will offer some advice to you. Do you soak your tortoise?

Itort · 03-27-2008, 03:52 AM

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.

Redfoot · 03-27-2008, 05:52 AM

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

Itort · 03-27-2008, 06:18 AM

Redfoot Wrote:
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

http://www.tortoisetrust.org

**Crazy1** · 03-27-2008, 01:37 PM

Edita welcome to the forum, A site for care sheets for you little one http://www.chelonia.org/care.htm

CGKeith · 03-27-2008, 02:03 PM

Welcome, glad you found us.

jenrell23 · 03-28-2008, 08:04 AM

Hello and welcome!! to you have lights on your tortoise.

Edita · 03-28-2008, 11:53 AM

Thank for welcome everynody...

as I work at the local zoo (also newbie Smile

) 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 Smile

talk to you soon

tortania · 03-28-2008, 12:00 PM

What did the vet say might be your little ones problem??

Edita · 03-28-2008, 12:12 PM

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 Sad

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 Sad

)

tortania · 03-28-2008, 12:24 PM

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 Smile

. 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.

Edita · 03-28-2008, 12:37 PM

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.

tortania · 03-28-2008, 03:28 PM

That's right Wink

. I'm glad you noticed before he got sicker! Your off to a good start with being a good tortoise keeper Big Grin