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Definitely don't use rabbit pellets - they can cause impaction if eaten. The under gravel heater is also a bad idea because most animals dig DOWN to escape heat and will end up frying if they burrow on top of a heater. A container with a lid is also a great idea - I actually had a lizard escape...

We're seeing some improvement in appetite and activity. I'm crossing my fingers it just took a while for her new lights to kick in. My fiancé and I went through the same difficult stage with our redfoot. After juggling lights and offering tons of different foods she eventually came around and...

Sorry these pictures aren't very good, but you can see one of the "lesions" I was talking about on her cheek. She's shed them out everywhere else.

Alright after some phone tag with the vet, he seems to think everything is improving from the point at which I took my tort in for the first visit. The initial problem seemed to be that we were not keeping our tank hot enough, so the vet said it will take some time for her to warm up and her...

This was from a thread a few months back that I found while digging around today. After weeks of searching, this is the only picture I've found that looks like what I'm dealing with. No conclusion was ever made in this previous thread, but I did ask the OP if they figured it out and haven't...

Did you ever figure out what this is? My hatchling has the same type lesion and hasn't quite been herself.

So today there seems to have been improvement in the little tort. It's in my fiancé's care while I'm up at school, and he said today while taking a soak, it had a big poop and then began nibbling on food. Could it have just been experiencing constipation? I realize the "lesions" are still an...

Thank you for all the input and advice! I'll keep you all posted and let you know what the vet recommends.

I'm new and all my replies seem to still be caught up in the censoring stages, but I do plan on calling the vet tomorrow. I hate to be cold hearted, but I really don't want to invest a whole lot more money because I have already paid for one vet visit. However, the peace of mind another could...

We did take it to a vet a couple weeks ago, and I brought up the growths/lesions, whatever you want to call them, and he didn't seem concerned. I'm definitely going to call him in the morning. I don't mean to sound cold, but I really don't want my others reps at risk so I will euthanize it if I...

For the good of everyone, this tort was bought at a rep show in Hamburg PA from someone who wasn't an established breeder. I'm really shaken up considering we have several other reptiles. It would really help if someone had a reference picture of the lesions mentioned before so I could at least...

Oh and we also do have a UVB tube 10.0 light running all day.

Hello! My fiancé and I recently purchased a hatchling sulcata at a rep show. This is our fourth tortoise, so we have some experience with torts. The first week we had it, it was very active, friendly, and had a great appetite. But after another week, it became sluggish and refused to eat. We...