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His heat lamp is reaching 31°, hes been having electrolyte baths and he usually eats leafy greens and dandelion leaves but now that he doesn’t have an appetite it’s hard to get him to eat anything. I really don’t know what to do.

Hi there, my tortoise Tarquin lives indoors, in a room in our house that has its own thermostat. He has a basking lamp and night lamp, and we are currently building him a hide to burrow in at night time with the orchid bark substrate. We have recently discovered our old Heat and UV bulb (two in...

Thank you, what do you mean by half and half? He soaks in about 1.5-2l of water, surely not a litre of baby food in with the water??sorry if im being dumb here!

How much of the carrot baby food should we mix in with his soaks, about a teaspoon, more? I will keep you updated! I also have the full list of all the medicines the vet gave him, not sure if they would mean anything to you but i can upload them

Okay thank you, he doesn’t seem to be getting any better at the moment, but i wll keep on persistent, he’s going to get through this! I’m so annoyed at myself for not finding this forum sooner. How do baby food carrots help in the soaks?

Hi everyone, so my tortoise’s appetite decreased over the last few weeks to the point where now, he doesn’t want to eat at all. We persevere, and usually manage to get him to eat a couple of his wet pellets, a small bit of broccoli, or a tiny bit of lettuce/kale, and then he gives up and...

Just another little update. Tarquin is still being bathed every few hours, he’s eaten a little bit of food today on his own accord, his dandelion dried pellet food that we wet, and is in our other room which is tortoise proofed. It has its own thermostat - the heating is cranked up to 25.5°C...

Does the basking lamp also need to be ran through a thermostat or can that just be controlled by checking the temp using a regular digital thermometer?

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Hi everyone! Heading to the shops today to buy Tarquin a new basking lamp, those incandescent clear ones from the hardware shops, and a separate uvb light. I was doing some research into bulbs as per the care sheet that Tom uploaded, and I’m a little worried that my current bulbs could be...

Thank you so much that is very sweet:) I am so glad I turned to this forum for help, I need to know how to care for little Tarq better and give him the healthiest life possible <3

the antibiotics werent for his kidneys, they were originally because he had a limp/swollen leg. his leg healed but he then began to lose his appetite, so the next meds were for his mouth which the vet thought was the issue and why he wasnt eating, although i dont even think there was anything...

Do you have any knowledge of how long it can take tortoises to feel better after taking medications? He’s been to the toilet 3 times today, both types, and his urate seemed to have water in it after all of the many baths we’ve given Tarquin today. I’m hoping by following all this advice with...

The last time he ate was today, a very small amount however. His appetite has slowly decreased over a month and we just didn’t know why. The last 2 weeks however have been the most concerning, we have to really encourage him to eat and I’m sure he just does it to get us to leave him alone. Today...