happy update!! she ate!! i took the oil and dipped a hibiscus flower in it. i coated every surface and gave it to her. she ate the whole thing, and tried to get a bit of my finger too.
Yay that’s really good! Definitely keep persevering with offering her favourites, even if you have to keep up with hand feeding for a bit to encourage her🙂this is a positive step! She sounds like she could go for more if she tried for your finger lol
yeah definitely. only issue is the hibiscus plant only flowers so fast. should i keep giving her the oil? when should i stop? and can i add it in aloe vera? too bad i can't feed her my finger...
Hopefully Yvonne will get back to you soon because I’m not too sure on the oil, but I’m so glad she’s had something!yeah definitely. only issue is the hibiscus plant only flowers so fast. should i keep giving her the oil? when should i stop? and can i add it in aloe vera? too bad i can't feed her my finger...
@Yvonne G I think you were the one with experience in mineral oil right? What do you think i should do? Thanks!
hm... the spot right under the basking lamp is probably 95+ (but she can walk away) and all her other temps are normal i think, (72-75 early morning, high 70s and low 80s for the night, and 80-83 during the day.). i think that is the only thing i can think of. when she is outside she gets lots of shade too. i only found out about the basking temps because i got a second thermometer and they're both reading differently. although, my hand feels very warm when i put it under the lamp.
It may not be that she got overheated just a thought. We had a tort get flipped over and suffer these same issues. Other more knowledgeable people may know of a better way to treat this but we kept them at 80 degrees and VERY humid until eating and then allowed outside sun time in only 20 minute times.
i will spray her!! just in case
she took a bite of red flower (i had the same thought as you) then spit it out
she likes pumpkin! i don't know how much is safe for her. i made sure there were no added sugars in the can, although the canned pumpkin is still so sweet! i think it should be alright to let her have however much she wants for now, right ?
this is about how much she ate. 35-40g, (she is about 570g).
goodie!! she's been ignoring normal food, i might have to consider having her eat some pumpkin with the lettuce... just to entice her a bit... haha...
Yeah pumpkin is technically more a treat basis but given how little she’s eaten, she can chow down right now🥰
might actually be worth blending up her usual food and mushing it in with the pumpkin😊
oh that is a great idea! maybe she likes the smell of pumpkin. this is the one i got ^^ looks like if her appetite ever drops, i'll buy it again.
It probably does taste really yummy to her, just make sure she doesn’t go getting hooked on it haha, definitely sneak some greens in there and ween her off it over the next few days, but at least you have something you can smear on the food to help entice her😁
