Hi guys, new here, with my first post.
I picked up a hatchling Sulcata at a reptile convention last Sunday. It was the most active of the bunch and stomped around the entire 2-hour drive home.
Since then, it has yet to eat anything or go to the bathroom. I've been offering a mixture of dark, leafy greens, squash, and soaked Mazuri, but it has yet to even take a single bite. It has been growing increasingly sluggish and now moves like one that didn't know Sulcatas would expect a tortoise to move. One eye has started to close.
I currently have it in a large, open bin filled with cyprus mulch, which I spray with water twice a day. I've soaked it 15 minutes every day after the first Sunday, along with keeping a standing flat dish of water in its exhibit. Additionally, I've placed a damp piece of sponge in its hide.
The two sides of the exhibit are about 73-76F and 84-86F. I know I have the right bulb as well.
At this point, I don't know what to do. I had another hatchling a few years ago that had Hatchling Failure Syndrome, but only as a result of some bad substrate. Is it possible he just needs time to get used to where he is now? Maybe he got dehydrated on the drive home, that day? I can't have another one of these guys die. Help.
I picked up a hatchling Sulcata at a reptile convention last Sunday. It was the most active of the bunch and stomped around the entire 2-hour drive home.
Since then, it has yet to eat anything or go to the bathroom. I've been offering a mixture of dark, leafy greens, squash, and soaked Mazuri, but it has yet to even take a single bite. It has been growing increasingly sluggish and now moves like one that didn't know Sulcatas would expect a tortoise to move. One eye has started to close.
I currently have it in a large, open bin filled with cyprus mulch, which I spray with water twice a day. I've soaked it 15 minutes every day after the first Sunday, along with keeping a standing flat dish of water in its exhibit. Additionally, I've placed a damp piece of sponge in its hide.
The two sides of the exhibit are about 73-76F and 84-86F. I know I have the right bulb as well.
At this point, I don't know what to do. I had another hatchling a few years ago that had Hatchling Failure Syndrome, but only as a result of some bad substrate. Is it possible he just needs time to get used to where he is now? Maybe he got dehydrated on the drive home, that day? I can't have another one of these guys die. Help.