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As unfortunate as it is, it seems that he has died this afternoon while I was in school. This morning he had quite a bit of movement in him, at least compared to the past few days, but he has become unresponsive no matter how we poke and prod, and we can no longer hear any breathing. Thank you...

Thank you so much for your advice, I’ll try my best to give him the best fighting chance I can and just hope it’ll be enough to help him pull through

One of the heaters is above the basking area, our calcium does have D3, we do have pellets but they’re the grassland tortoise food kind from zoomed

We were using a ceramic heating lamp and a lamp that had UVB and heating, but we recently switched to having 2 ceramics and 1 UVB tube, I’ve been home a lot recently, so I’ve been checking the temps often to make sure they’re alright and figuring out the best balance to get some better UVB and...

I read a few other posts on tortoises with this syndrome, I’ve been more attentive with his soaks, I’ve started soaking him for closer to 30 minutes in the morning and evenings, and between those two times I soak him 2-3 times for abt 15-20, a total of 4-5 soaks a day. He still eats some in the...

I have read the second post before buying my tortoise, and have done to the best of my ability to follow all the tips and instructions. As for the first post, it makes me terribly sad. I wish there were more I could do for my tort, now that I’ve already been with him for a few months. It makes...

I noticed a few weeks back my leopard tortoise hatchling had a soft plastron. I did some research, and read that it was supposed to harden over time. At the time, it was still quite firm, with slight give if I gently pressed. However, these past couple days, Lentil has been losing appetite and...