I too am glad to hear no RI. It may take a little time but I am sure you will be able to move him over to a much better diet than the previous owners had him on.
It's all just such good news.

Ok more good news update today

Fecal results came back, all negative for paracites and worms of various type!

In addition to this, the eyedrops we're using seem to have made his eyes look so much more alert!

He's still a sleepy guy today, but I've now moved his 5.0 and his 10.0 uvb lights into his enclosure just under the screen so the screen is no longer blocking them, and added foil reflectors on top that i made from tinfoil

Its so much brighter looking.

I got a white IR heatlamp , 250 watt but its TOO hot compared to the 250 watt red one

so im going to go back to the hardware store tomorrow and swap it for a 175 watt , should do the trick nicely i think.


Very pleased.. OH! and we soaked him today again and he spent 5 minutes solid bathing his face down.. and wouldnt ya know it.. his nostrils look 200% better! must of been some dry skin hangin around in front of one of them.

I'm feeling more confident today now that i have the satisfaction of knowing nothing illness wise is wrong, and its just housing stuff to tweak.

I hope after i swap the red bulb for a white one tomorrow he'll start perkin up in the daytime more.

Thanks to everyone here for being so great with the help!

With all this stuff ive been through I am glad I can share my experience with the next new owner and help them along too!

Oh , and we went to an organic healthfood shop today, picked up a whole seedtray of Wheatgrass , swapped one of the trays in his enclosure out for the wheatgrass and he's been eating and climbing around in it... seems to love it!

That is great news!!

Congratulations I am so glad Fredrick is doing well.

This is awesome news....glad to hear Frederick is doing fine.

We have a 2 story turtle table for our Sulcata and I always put the food at the top so that he has to go up the ramp to eat. He's usually waiting in the food bowl every morning, waiting for food -lol. Also, this area is not his basking area, although we do have a heat lamp (nearby the hab-a-hut). I'll be happy to send pics of the setup, if you want some ideas.

Keep up the good work...

OMG!

I love you guys! this forum has possibly saved my tortoises Life

Thanks to Tortania for pointing out a post regarding the

Repti-GLO / Repti-sun compact florecent bulb issues!

I have a Repti-Glo 10.0 in my enclosure

and they are known to cause problems!

The description of the symptoms : Reluctance to open their eyes and Severe lethargic behavior.

That is my tortoises Behavior to a T!

I am glad i have found this out but so scared that 2 weeks under these lights has hurt him ..

replacing the light tomorrow.

I sure hope he's ok

I dont know what i would of done if i didnt find this stuff out

THANKS SO MUCH!

Good luck Fredrick

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