Found a lost tortoise and took it back home..

[AimanRazee]

hi..so I found this quite big but not too big tortoise on the side of the road..so I took it back home ..I treated it with some mess I just bought from a pet store..I followed the instructions..so I tried to feed him yesterday an it refused to eat...same as today..it still refused to eat the lettuce tht I bought..I want to keep it..I don't want it to die...

 

[peasinapod]

Hello, if you post pictures we can help you identify what exactly you found, that is crucial for its care.
Depending on where you live it could even be a wild tortoise, or someone is missing their pet.


Not eating for a few days won't kill it, they can go quite some time without food.

 

[wellington]

Hello and Welcome. We do need pics to know what you have. If it's a wild tortoise, native to where you live, it needs to be taken back to where you found it and let go in a safe spot. If it's someones pet, you need to try and find the rightful owner before just keeping it. Lettuce is a poor food source. However, without knowing what kind of tortoise you have, we really can't help much on food, but you do need to offer water in a dish that is easily accessible and uvb and heat. The sun will work best for the uvb and heat if your in an area that is warm enough to house outside until we can ID it.

 

[wellington]

One more thing. Depending on where you are located, it is illegal to take some tortoises from the wild or to own without a permit.

 

[Gillian M]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[bouaboua]

Share a picture of the tortoise will be much easier for any of us to help. And Welcome to the forum.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

IF, it's a tortoise it can only digest food if it's insides are 80 degrees. So, if it's not 80, the animal won't eat. IF, it's a tortoise it's scared as all heck and if it's wild probably won't eat at all. If it's a water turtle it can only eat under water. So you see why we need a picture of him, so we can help better. Take his carapace and his plastron, face and welcome...

 

[Jabuticaba]

hi..so I found this quite big but not too big tortoise on the side of the road..so I took it back home ..I treated it with some mess I just bought from a pet store..I followed the instructions..so I tried to feed him yesterday an it refused to eat...same as today..it still refused to eat the lettuce tht I bought..I want to keep it..I don't want it to die...

Hello and welcome. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your tortoise.


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[AimanRazee]

sorry for the late reply

 

[ascott]

Looks like you have a turtle on your hands and not a land tortoise......can you please offer a pic of the feet...and that is a wild animal, the shell is indicative of that...please offer this turtle an area that it can submerge itself into water...also, broccoli is not a natural food for a tortoise nor a turtle

 

[AimanRazee]

Didn't feed her w tht

 

[AimanRazee]

One more thing. Depending on where you are located, it is illegal to take some tortoises from the wild or to own without a permit.

Not my country ayt

 

[ascott]

You do understand that this turtle needs access to water to swim in...right.

 

[tortdad]

What is your country? It looks like an Indian black turtle to me, Scientific name: Melanochelys trijuga

But I don't know very much about turtles


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[Yvonne G]

Like it has already been said, that is a water turtle. They live in the water, only coming out to find a mate or lay eggs. They can't eat (bugs, etc.) unless they are in the water.

 

[tortdad]

Like it has already been said, that is a water turtle. They live in the water, only coming out to find a mate or lay eggs. They can't eat (bugs, etc.) unless they are in the water.

Forgive me because I'm water turtle stupid but why is that anyways? Are they physically unable to eat unless they are in water or do they just prefer it and won't eat out if the water unless it's starving. I always tell people they can't eat unless I. Water but never understood why that was.... Just repeating that info.


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

 

[AimanRazee]

She's already eating..she swims in my aquarium for now

 

[Gillian M]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Alaskamike]

Just a quick note. You probably already know this - but aquatic turtles need both - water to swim in and a dry place to get out of the water and bask at will.

 

[Yvonne G]

Forgive me because I'm water turtle stupid but why is that anyways? Are they physically unable to eat unless they are in water or do they just prefer it and won't eat out if the water unless it's starving. I always tell people they can't eat unless I. Water but never understood why that was.... Just repeating that info.


0.0.1 Redfoot (Spike)
0.0.1 Cherryhead Redfoot (Bruce Wayne)
1.0 Sulcata (Hal Jordan)

They don't have salivary glands. They are physically unable to swallow without the water.