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I do soak him. But I normally only soak for about 10 min. I’ll try a longer soak and see if that helps. I haven’t seen him open his mouth before. I just always see him nudging the food like that. I’ll probably end up trying to take him to the vet next week (exotic vet for my area is on vacation...

Right now the basking spot closest to the wood hide gets about 90. But doesn’t go higher than than. I’ll try to see if that’ll help :) thank you!

I might just be a paranoid tortoise parent but I think there might be something wrong with my tortoises mouth. When he is placed in front of food he seems to want to go after the food and eat but when he does he doesn’t open his mouth. I have a video of him below trying to eat. (I know he on...