Chris Tabone
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Hi,
2 days ago I got a baby hermann tortoise and all it is doing is sleep the whole day. I placed it under the UVB lamp and it went in the enclosure, i took it outside in the sun and again walked into an enclosure. It opens it's eyes for a short period of time until it walks over to a shady part/enclosure. It only took 2 bites of food and nothing else in these 2 days. I placed it in warm water and it barely moved, sometimes it remained asleep.
I have a few questions please as i'm quite new as a tort keeper.
1) Why does it move away from the sun/UVB lamp? It looks as if it doesn't like it.
2) Why isn't it eating or showing appetite?
3) Is it normal that it sleeps all day?
4) Do you think it's sick?
5) What should I do in this situation?
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Regards,
Chris
2 days ago I got a baby hermann tortoise and all it is doing is sleep the whole day. I placed it under the UVB lamp and it went in the enclosure, i took it outside in the sun and again walked into an enclosure. It opens it's eyes for a short period of time until it walks over to a shady part/enclosure. It only took 2 bites of food and nothing else in these 2 days. I placed it in warm water and it barely moved, sometimes it remained asleep.
I have a few questions please as i'm quite new as a tort keeper.
1) Why does it move away from the sun/UVB lamp? It looks as if it doesn't like it.
2) Why isn't it eating or showing appetite?
3) Is it normal that it sleeps all day?
4) Do you think it's sick?
5) What should I do in this situation?
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Regards,
Chris