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    White on horsefield shell

    In past few weeks I have noticed white marks on a shell which I can only describe as looks like calk has been put on his shell. I have tried to remove it with water and it disappears and comes back when dry. the only thing I can think it might be is that we have recently put rocks in his tanks...
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    Emergency: weird sounds And no lack of movement.

    My horsefield tortoise Percy is around 5 months old and I've had him for around three. He is very healthy normally, we have him in a large tortoise table with a UV and heat bulb. Recently he has been very sleepy and off his food so we have tried mixing up his diet to include more vegetables...
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    Soft plastron

    I've had my baby Horsefield tortoise for three weeks and ever since we got him I noticed he had a soft plastron? When we got him he was about 8 weeks old. Is this normal or should I be concerned?? We are feeding him dandelions and spring mix and calcium powder every so soften. (He is also...
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    URGENT: eyes

    I just woke my baby Horsefeild tort up and he is woken up and moving around but he only has one eye open and won't open the other eye, any help? I'm really concerned here is pictures. -------------------------------------- Percy: Horsefeild, two months old.
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    Urinating and defecting

    I've had my Horsefeild tortoise for a week, I soak him daily and he is eating week but be is still yet to urinate (that I can tell) or defecate. On many posts I've seen they are meant to do both while in a soak but I haven't seen it. When I soak him he looks like he is rocking back and forth...
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    Burying and humidity.

    My Horsefeild tortoise is 10 weeks old and I've had him (Percy) for just over a week, recently I've noticed that he has been burying himself a lot! as in fully covering himself in substrate, is this normal?? Also, I don't know much about humidity? What should it be and how to I achieve it...
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    Lack of poo.

    I got my 9 week old Horsefeild tortoise last week from a local reptile shop, he is in a very large tortoise table with the lamp on 12 hours a day, He seems to be adjusting well so far, we feed him a spring green mix just like the shop did (with dandelions as well which he loves) and growing our...
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