ashleymiller28
New Member
Hello,
I am extremely worried while typing this. The past few days my 9month old sulcata tortoise has been extremely lethargic when she is usually very active and eating twice a day. I have only been able to get her to take a few bites of pure pumpkin but nothing more each day. Basking temps are 95-100 degrees that I use with a 65 flood bulb with the cooler side around 75-80 during the day. At night temps go to low 70s. I soak her daily for about 20 minutes in warm water. Her substrate is a mix of coco choir and organic potting soil with sphagnum moss hanging throughout the enclosure and her hide. I will be honest, keeping humidity has been a problem and would range around 50%. Today I just learned about using tinfoil to keep humidity in and put it on top of her tank enclosure. Humidity then skyrocketed to around 85-90%. Is this too much humidity now? I will open the tank doors and it is very steamy in there, like a humid Florida day. For her diet, I sprinkle with calcium powder about 2x a week over mixed greens and weeds. I also have mazuri that I recently bought during this time of her not eating hoping that something new in her diet would make her want to try the food.
I am afraid that I have been keeping her too dry and now it has just caught up to her. I’m not sure what to do to get her to go back to normal. Tomorrow I am calling the vet to hopefully find some answers but still wanted to post on this forum.
I am extremely worried while typing this. The past few days my 9month old sulcata tortoise has been extremely lethargic when she is usually very active and eating twice a day. I have only been able to get her to take a few bites of pure pumpkin but nothing more each day. Basking temps are 95-100 degrees that I use with a 65 flood bulb with the cooler side around 75-80 during the day. At night temps go to low 70s. I soak her daily for about 20 minutes in warm water. Her substrate is a mix of coco choir and organic potting soil with sphagnum moss hanging throughout the enclosure and her hide. I will be honest, keeping humidity has been a problem and would range around 50%. Today I just learned about using tinfoil to keep humidity in and put it on top of her tank enclosure. Humidity then skyrocketed to around 85-90%. Is this too much humidity now? I will open the tank doors and it is very steamy in there, like a humid Florida day. For her diet, I sprinkle with calcium powder about 2x a week over mixed greens and weeds. I also have mazuri that I recently bought during this time of her not eating hoping that something new in her diet would make her want to try the food.
I am afraid that I have been keeping her too dry and now it has just caught up to her. I’m not sure what to do to get her to go back to normal. Tomorrow I am calling the vet to hopefully find some answers but still wanted to post on this forum.