Leo525
New Member
Hi, I'm new to the forum but I'm pretty desperate right now so I thought I'd post. I bought a marginated hatching from Arizona Tortoise Compound in July, and he's been doing great up until yesterday when I noticed his plastron was soft. Today he's unresponsive when I touch him, won't move or open his eyes. His eyes also look sunken in. Yesterday he was eating, but today he looks almost dead.
I keep him at the correct temperature gradient, adding moisture to his cypress mulch substrate every day for humidity. I feed him different veggies including romaine, dandelion greens, collard greens, and kale. He gets calcium power and a vitamin soak once a week. He has a strip UV lamp and I soak him for 15 minutes daily.
I'm not sure what I've been doing wrong that could have caused this. I think MBD is unlikely by how quickly it came on. Other possibilities I could think of are shell rot or hatchling failure syndrome. I've found no vets that can take me until at least next week. Does anyone have any advice?
I keep him at the correct temperature gradient, adding moisture to his cypress mulch substrate every day for humidity. I feed him different veggies including romaine, dandelion greens, collard greens, and kale. He gets calcium power and a vitamin soak once a week. He has a strip UV lamp and I soak him for 15 minutes daily.
I'm not sure what I've been doing wrong that could have caused this. I think MBD is unlikely by how quickly it came on. Other possibilities I could think of are shell rot or hatchling failure syndrome. I've found no vets that can take me until at least next week. Does anyone have any advice?