dzzxmm1919
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Hello tortoise lovers. Here is another thread about my redfoot tortoise: he has been not eating anything for more than 10 days, meanwhile, no poop at all.
Here are some photos of his enclosure down below:
We built this new enclosure on April 2 because his old enclosure might be contaminate by my sick leopard. I understand changing new enclosure possibly cause stress. However, we thought a clean environment should be the first priority, so-
The enclosure is in a bedroom at the central of our entire house, with the highest ambient room temp no lower than 77℉.
Temps of RF's enclosure nearby CHE is 86℉, humidity is around 70%-90%. The CHE is on 7-24, so night temp won't be lower than 80℉. We use a mercury vapor bulb for UVB. If humidity is dropping, l will turn on a humidifier.
We normally provide him spring mix, turnip greens, dandelion, romain lettuce, apple, spuash, pumpkin, boiled egg white, and food pellet once a week. Supplement is cuttlefish bone.
We bought him at a reptile show last August, 2021. He was not picking food at all for the first couple of months, he could clean up the whole plate. Back to December 2021, he started to eat pellet food only(the Rep-cal small pellet food). Occasionally he nibbles some romaine lettuce or mazuri pellets. But he refused to eat anything since 3/23, which makes me very worried about him.
So far he is still active, roaming in his enclosure, eyes are opened, sometimes sit in his water saucer. I also noticed that he wouldn't sleep at night. When I checked on him recently around 11pm, he is always awake and walking around.
To keep him hydrated, I soak him every day by warm water with carrot juice and electrolyte. Seems like he is quite enjoyed it.
Not sure if he is stressful about the new enclosure or he is at early stage of respiratory infection. He doesn't have running nose, or there's no bubble pop up on his mouth. However, he does make a sound like "talking a deep breath", meanwhile retracts his head and front limbs a bit back to shell.
Do I need to prescribe some antibiotic med for him or give him more time to adapt to the new enclosure? What can I do to bring his appetite back?
Any advices or inputs are appreciated! Thank you!
Here are some photos of his enclosure down below:
We built this new enclosure on April 2 because his old enclosure might be contaminate by my sick leopard. I understand changing new enclosure possibly cause stress. However, we thought a clean environment should be the first priority, so-
The enclosure is in a bedroom at the central of our entire house, with the highest ambient room temp no lower than 77℉.
Temps of RF's enclosure nearby CHE is 86℉, humidity is around 70%-90%. The CHE is on 7-24, so night temp won't be lower than 80℉. We use a mercury vapor bulb for UVB. If humidity is dropping, l will turn on a humidifier.
We normally provide him spring mix, turnip greens, dandelion, romain lettuce, apple, spuash, pumpkin, boiled egg white, and food pellet once a week. Supplement is cuttlefish bone.
We bought him at a reptile show last August, 2021. He was not picking food at all for the first couple of months, he could clean up the whole plate. Back to December 2021, he started to eat pellet food only(the Rep-cal small pellet food). Occasionally he nibbles some romaine lettuce or mazuri pellets. But he refused to eat anything since 3/23, which makes me very worried about him.
So far he is still active, roaming in his enclosure, eyes are opened, sometimes sit in his water saucer. I also noticed that he wouldn't sleep at night. When I checked on him recently around 11pm, he is always awake and walking around.
To keep him hydrated, I soak him every day by warm water with carrot juice and electrolyte. Seems like he is quite enjoyed it.
Not sure if he is stressful about the new enclosure or he is at early stage of respiratory infection. He doesn't have running nose, or there's no bubble pop up on his mouth. However, he does make a sound like "talking a deep breath", meanwhile retracts his head and front limbs a bit back to shell.
Do I need to prescribe some antibiotic med for him or give him more time to adapt to the new enclosure? What can I do to bring his appetite back?
Any advices or inputs are appreciated! Thank you!