Mr. Green Shell
New Member
I have a new baby Desert tortoise he/she is less than one year old and has been in good health BUT,.... I may be overthinking this I took him/her to see a vet as a new Tortoise parent I wanted to make sure he was for one looking good and 2 get basic care methods and hear it from a Doc.
This was a week ago and all was normal he was eating just fine and did his business 3 times in the 3-4 weeks that I have had this little guy. Now in the last 2 days, he hasn't eaten hardly anything and he looks like he has hiccups. It's like just a little head bob no leg motion or body motion, just like it sounds his little head pops up and down every few seconds like a hiccup.
I read the other responses in this site about his legs moving up and down as if doing push-ups (Little push-ups) but its not that.
he lives in a 37 X 24 Zoomed enclosure which he moved into about a week ago and has a heating light (125W) on him at night and has sun-times during the day on most days if it is warm.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this happening?
Concerned new tortoise dad.
This was a week ago and all was normal he was eating just fine and did his business 3 times in the 3-4 weeks that I have had this little guy. Now in the last 2 days, he hasn't eaten hardly anything and he looks like he has hiccups. It's like just a little head bob no leg motion or body motion, just like it sounds his little head pops up and down every few seconds like a hiccup.
I read the other responses in this site about his legs moving up and down as if doing push-ups (Little push-ups) but its not that.
he lives in a 37 X 24 Zoomed enclosure which he moved into about a week ago and has a heating light (125W) on him at night and has sun-times during the day on most days if it is warm.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this happening?
Concerned new tortoise dad.