Hello all and sorry for the long wait on a reply.
Our tortoise is doing great now and has opened one of it's eyes fully again after bathing in baby carrot food and putting it in a hospital tank for a week.
It's eating and drinking a lot which is good since the only time we saw it eat was the...
Just bathing it in baby carrot food currently but still no open eyes. Going to do it for a few more days.
It has been to the toilet the other day so I guess thats a good sign.
Will take to the vets if the carrot bath doesn't work.
Still not eating or drinking, I've read that bathing in baby carrot food helps. Is it worth a shot?
It seems to keep opening his mouth and extending It's neck now..
I gave it a bath and tried to poor a few drops over it's head and it hissed but still no open eyes just went to the corner of the bath box.
How do I know if my tortoise is enjoying its bath?
thankyou, I'll look into it and get those.
Thankyou, we turned his light off last night for the first time so hopefully will start to see improvement. I'll be purchasing those asap although I have a wooden table so any ideas of a suitable cover?
I'll be bathing it shortly so will let you...
I have re arranged his enclosure for now so it has a basking spot with the d3 UVB bulb. I'll be needing to get the correct thermostat still and have now give it a constant supply of water unlike before as the seller said it would get enough hydration through bathing which I was unsure about. I...
We were initially just using a heating bulb however we have started using this today https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reptile-Mercury-Vapour-Tortoise-Combined/dp/B076VKBXS1/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1540044712&sr=8-4&keywords=d3+uv+bulb.
Thanks, I will be sure to look through them and research.
No, I didn't. we thought his other eye may of been irritated so we tried to gently wipe it and nothing then we thought he may of scratched it and thought it was swollen but we have no idea.
The enclosure is 18 by 30 inches however the back is a hide with a doorway so we were told not to allow it in there until older (in case of getting too cold.)
The substrate is Doctor Grow which the seller gave us for the time being and we are currently trying to feed dark green and red lettuces...
I recently bought a 5 month old horsefield tortoise 6 days ago along with a tortoise table.
When we got it home and set up everything was alright but it had 1 eye shut. It managed to eat the day after and go the toilet after a bath but since has not eaten and has both its eyes shut. We have...