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  1. mattsr6

    eye lid swollen!

    Didn't take offense to the post lol. Thanks for the help.I think she just poked it. Both her eyes are nice and wide now!
  2. mattsr6

    eye lid swollen!

    Hi I have a sulcata she's about a year old supposively. About 3" big. Anyways her left eye is almost swollen shut. I bought her and she was in poor living conditions and wouldn't eat. Shes now in a home with a uvb mercury 100w. Cypress mulch. 85-90% humidity. A soak spot and she's been eating...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Okay. Il go tomorrow or tuesday. I noticed that the humidity can get all the way up to 95% is that okay?
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    okay i think i did this right. but she finally came around :) i made some modifications to her housing today and shes responded very well!! thanks for all the help guys. another question though. looking at her shell the grooves seem really deep. is that minor pyramiding from her lack of...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Okay il try that. I got her from a random add on craigslist. I was wondering how active are they supposed to be? Mine looks like she moves every now and then but not too often. She's usually right under the lamp. Which is at 92 degrees. When I give her her daily soak/drink of water she seems to...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Got her some carrot baby food I saw her dip her head twice. So hopefully she's making an improvement! I got her cypress mulch and it looks like she tried to eat that. Cant tell you guys how thankful I am for the help! I thought I was gonna lose her after only a few days. After her soak today she...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Okay guys. So. Lights are taken care of. Bedding will be tonight. Got eye drops. Last thing. Its day 3 and she refuses to eat. I've tried hay lettuce. Grass. Carrots.. I know the previous owner only kept her under a red 50w heat lamp and fed her only romaine lettuce. What should I do? [hr] Also...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    So. I have it in a deep dome zoomed 2 bulb thing. And it says on the box to get the power sun. I noticed if I let it cool off then it will turn back on. I think it was just my mistake. Thanks guys. I appreciate all the help and not having to wait for days for a response lol
  9. mattsr6

    new here need help I think she's sick

    Alright. So now I'm running into the issue of everytime I turn off the light the bulb burns out I've returned to petco twice 2 power suns burned out in less than 10 minutes. Any other brands reccomended?
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    thanks for all your help guys. i really appreciate it. so i ditched the bulb and immediately went and got a 100w zoomed powersun uv. it seems to be raising the temp to where it should be. il check out all the links you guys have sent and il put up any more questions along with some pictures when...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Thank you for your help um I can't figure out to put pictures up from my phone at the moment. So. I have a zoomed 50w red bulb. I bought a 50w zoomed uvb compact florescent 5.0 reptisun. A screen lid. A small water tray thing fod her to crawl in. I'm lacking substrate because each place tells me...
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    new here need help I think she's sick

    Hi there. I just got a sulcata tortoise 3 days ago. I just got her a uvb bulb which she wasn't provided with before. Supposively she's a year old but she's only 3-4inches. My main concern is her eyes barely open and she doesn't move a lot. Shes a little more active when I take her out but she...
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