Recent content by D.J.

Thank you so much guys! I am taking him to a vet tomorrow. I was able to get his eyes open for a little bit. There appeared to be some discharge around his eyes that i gingerly wiped away. I will purchase a fluorescent bulb immediately. I am thinking about purchasing a new 50 gallon bin until i...

So what is the suggested bulb?

Okay, so a coil bulb is recommended? He has opened his eyes and ate most of the strawberry. Now hes hiding in this dark corner of my room.

And the temperatures are at 90-95 in the basking end and 68-72 in the other end.

Im not sure what you mean by coil bulb but here are some pictures of scuttle and his habitat. BTW he opened up both eyes now and is eating a strawberry. Im assuming the only reason why he opened them up was because of the strawberry haha. I currently have 3 lights. One UVB, one 120 Watt day...

Hello, I just recently bought my first Red footed tortoise for about 2 months ago. Everything has been going okay, but i have noticed that he is only opening one eye and seems to be sleeping more than he has before. When he sleeps he just sleeps with his head/face on the substrate. (Is that...