SealMarioz
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Hello Im new to the tortoise forums!
I have a sister pair of sulcata tortoises I've had since hatchlings since 2011-2012 and have loved since I was a little kid. One is 15 inches other around 9. The larger female, named George, I noticed past 2 days may be sick or just no appetite. She seemed less active and was refusing to eat despite being interested and very alert, she normally is a very voracious eater. Her smaller sister who normally is very picky was eating like normal. George did nibble on some dried mulberry leaves and a bit of some alfalfa hay though not enough for me to worry, she spent most of today just basking. I want to wait another day to see if their behavior is the same to ensure she is sick and not just a temp thing. But I'm just worried since I don't think they ever got sick before. George seems to be really alert, but it was so hot some days I had to bring them inside.
There's a reptile vet specialist near us but their prices are beyond expensive and is around 3 hours away.
One thing Im really worried it may be is a respiratory issue since we have had a new neighbor who's been nothing but issues harassing us and being a bully, but she vapes and smokes on our fence and wind moves smoke and vapor near our goat paddock, patio and the tortoise pen. And she's around like 9 feet from them too and for past week specifically on our fence even though my dad and I have told her to quit it but she doesn't care. We've also had a wildfires this summer so the air has been rather smokey too.
My only other thought is she's been using and caught eating a wallow I made to help stay cool when letting them out for grazing, or if they picked something up from grazing with my baby goat foster, our picked something from the crazy neighbors outdoor cat or wild animal at night. Is there anything I should do or check or try for before taking her to the vet? I'm bringing them inside for the night. Going to make them a salad which they always love tomorrow too when it's nice and warm.
I have a sister pair of sulcata tortoises I've had since hatchlings since 2011-2012 and have loved since I was a little kid. One is 15 inches other around 9. The larger female, named George, I noticed past 2 days may be sick or just no appetite. She seemed less active and was refusing to eat despite being interested and very alert, she normally is a very voracious eater. Her smaller sister who normally is very picky was eating like normal. George did nibble on some dried mulberry leaves and a bit of some alfalfa hay though not enough for me to worry, she spent most of today just basking. I want to wait another day to see if their behavior is the same to ensure she is sick and not just a temp thing. But I'm just worried since I don't think they ever got sick before. George seems to be really alert, but it was so hot some days I had to bring them inside.
There's a reptile vet specialist near us but their prices are beyond expensive and is around 3 hours away.
One thing Im really worried it may be is a respiratory issue since we have had a new neighbor who's been nothing but issues harassing us and being a bully, but she vapes and smokes on our fence and wind moves smoke and vapor near our goat paddock, patio and the tortoise pen. And she's around like 9 feet from them too and for past week specifically on our fence even though my dad and I have told her to quit it but she doesn't care. We've also had a wildfires this summer so the air has been rather smokey too.
My only other thought is she's been using and caught eating a wallow I made to help stay cool when letting them out for grazing, or if they picked something up from grazing with my baby goat foster, our picked something from the crazy neighbors outdoor cat or wild animal at night. Is there anything I should do or check or try for before taking her to the vet? I'm bringing them inside for the night. Going to make them a salad which they always love tomorrow too when it's nice and warm.
