So for a quick update, after he calmed down last night we put him back into his enclosure (indoors) and he put himself to bed. When we fed him this morning he wouldn't come out like he usually does; so we woke him up and coaxed him over to the food. He simply turned around and went back to...
We do have one close by. He's calmed down quite a bit now. Seems like whatever he was choking on has moved on through. We did read a blog about looking for/removing whatever might be stuck, but couldn't see any thing. We will keep monitoring. Hate to over-react, but it scared us.
My 2 year old sulcata tortoise appears to be in distress! He is kept in a roomy custom built enclosure inside our house. This habitat meets all the suggested guidelines, including temperature, humidity, and lighting. But to add some variety to his young life we often place him in a safe outdoor...
Thank you all for the suggestions! Teeny seems to be improving. We don't catch her eating very often so it's tough to tell how much she's eating, but she's active, marching around and climbing up on her log. Her eyes appear less swollen, so maybe she's absorbing the Vitamin A from her baby...
We have a 25watt reptile basking light on in the daytime, and a black light turned on at night. No coil uvb bulbs.
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Thank you for the diet direction. We'll make those changes today.
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We hadn't heard of the baby food soaks, btw....so we just warm it up and let her soak in it?
Teeny, our tiny three toed boxie, is having eye problems that we can't figure out. Her little eyes are swollen shut. They've been that way for about three weeks! Even so, she is very active. She's got 85% humidity in her enclosure. The low temp side is mid-70's and the high temp side is...
Jack is supposed to be about eight. I notice most of the threads I've viewed are most often about the babies. I look forward to finding blogs about the larger torts.