I'm so sorry about your dog, I hope he recovers quickly.
Yes, its very upsetting. I thought that getting a tortoise would mean it would outlive me, haha! But obviously that won't always be the case with animals like them that require a lot of care.
Thank you for your kind message. I really hope he enjoyed the life he had, even though I could have done better with looking after him. Going to miss my little dude :(
Thanks again for all the advice everyone has given me. Sadly, Newton passed away this morning in his sleep. I think he exhausted himself the day before trying to pass the stone. At least he isn't in pain anymore.
If I get another tortoise in the future I will make sure I do all my research...
Thank you for all of this advice, I'll make the needed changes as soon as possible and definitely look at the care sheet.
Yes, it's a red light bulb. I'm not sure what you mean by UVB source, could you explain further? For night I use the same lamp but turned down slightly (about 3-5 degrees...
Here are some photos of the vivarium along with a close up of Newton if these help. I have the vivarium set up how the original owners had it (I adopted him) using all the same substrate etc. I should have really done research beforehand about it all instead of just assuming the old setup was fine.
What is happening sounds exactly as you have described. With his increase in baths he has started doing the clawing already. Is his chances of passing the stone fairly high? Even on his lack of food?
I am not offended at all by what you've said. I'm a first time tortoise owner so I'm not very...
Thank you so much for your message.
I'm keeping him at around 27-30 degrees celsius in the day and 25 at night). Before he stopped eating it was at about 25 degrees celsius during the day and 23 at night, but bumped it up to try to make him more active. Not sure on the humidity level, but I'd...
UPDATE: Just given him a bath and he is a little active. But he is constantly sticking his head right out of his shell, looking right up at the ceiling and pushing up on his front legs. Is he straining? While he was having his bath I also took him out for a moment and flipped him up to look at...
Hello everyone! I have a 2 year old horsefield tortoise named Newton. Over the past three weeks he has completely stopped eating and is sleeping all the time, only waking up if pestered enough (which I don't want to do) but then going straight back to sleep when putting him back down again. Due...