Mum2Shelly
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Hi, I'm new to this site and am looking for some advise please.
My daughter has a Horsfield Tortoise around 2yrs old but we've only had him just over a year and he's (don't really know if he's a he but we always refer to him as such) very small for his age.
He's been perfectly healthy since we've had him until about 2-3 weeks ago when he looked like he had problem with his eye - one shut up almost overnight and when he did open it, it looked sore with white soft area visible.
We've been bathing his his eye with warm water, which now looks much better but he now is reluctant to open either of his eyes, he's a bit lethargic and although I have seen him eat, his appetite which was never great has now slowed significantly.
I took him to a specialist pet store for advise a couple of weeks ago, where I showed pics of his enclosure and explained his habitat and they advised all was ok but my concern his his lighting. His old bulb was also a heat lamp and thats all he had for 12 months, we changed it about 4/5 wks ago to a UVB light with seperate ceramic heat plate - Could the change to his lighting be causing his problems?
For info, he is housed in a table top enclosure, temp under light area is approx 32 and other end is approx 22.
My daughter has a Horsfield Tortoise around 2yrs old but we've only had him just over a year and he's (don't really know if he's a he but we always refer to him as such) very small for his age.
He's been perfectly healthy since we've had him until about 2-3 weeks ago when he looked like he had problem with his eye - one shut up almost overnight and when he did open it, it looked sore with white soft area visible.
We've been bathing his his eye with warm water, which now looks much better but he now is reluctant to open either of his eyes, he's a bit lethargic and although I have seen him eat, his appetite which was never great has now slowed significantly.
I took him to a specialist pet store for advise a couple of weeks ago, where I showed pics of his enclosure and explained his habitat and they advised all was ok but my concern his his lighting. His old bulb was also a heat lamp and thats all he had for 12 months, we changed it about 4/5 wks ago to a UVB light with seperate ceramic heat plate - Could the change to his lighting be causing his problems?
For info, he is housed in a table top enclosure, temp under light area is approx 32 and other end is approx 22.