Hello, when I originally joined the site I was hoping to get advice on the sex of my Tortoises but I couldn't figure out how to post the pictures.
I have been looking around on here and found out about Pyramiding which my Tortoises have.
The advice I require if possible is I think I have made the Tortoises sick..... they were charging around their pen a few days ago...... and today I went to give them their bath but one was floppy.... I thought it was dead the other usually puts up a fight and today didn't.
When they bath they usually drink and clean themselves out but I was really worried that they are so lathargic I just washed them and dried them off and popped them under the heat lamp with their morning food which consists of watercress, wild rocket and italian leaf salad.
The big one has perked up and has started eating but the little one isn't happy at all...... it opened its eyes but has closed them again now.
The things I have done different is I gave them a cuttle fish that was found on a beach "I didn't know we have to boil it first" and I put more nutrobal on their food as I was worried about their calcium levels after reading some stuff on here.
Could I have dehydrated them with the cuttle bone?
I am worried and really not sure what to do..... their eyes and noses are clear the pen is 23c and they are registered as Hermanns Tortoises (hatched in 2006) I have had them since Feb 2008.
Please help as I can't find an answer......
Hopefully the picture will attach......
The 1st one is how the little tortoise is now..... the second is taken on 10th Dec 2010 as he mounts the other one..... the one with the leaf hanging out is the bigger tortoise now and the others are taken of them in their pen now. It looks small but it really is a big pen.
Thank you in advance.
I have been looking around on here and found out about Pyramiding which my Tortoises have.
The advice I require if possible is I think I have made the Tortoises sick..... they were charging around their pen a few days ago...... and today I went to give them their bath but one was floppy.... I thought it was dead the other usually puts up a fight and today didn't.
When they bath they usually drink and clean themselves out but I was really worried that they are so lathargic I just washed them and dried them off and popped them under the heat lamp with their morning food which consists of watercress, wild rocket and italian leaf salad.
The big one has perked up and has started eating but the little one isn't happy at all...... it opened its eyes but has closed them again now.
The things I have done different is I gave them a cuttle fish that was found on a beach "I didn't know we have to boil it first" and I put more nutrobal on their food as I was worried about their calcium levels after reading some stuff on here.
Could I have dehydrated them with the cuttle bone?
I am worried and really not sure what to do..... their eyes and noses are clear the pen is 23c and they are registered as Hermanns Tortoises (hatched in 2006) I have had them since Feb 2008.
Please help as I can't find an answer......
Hopefully the picture will attach......
The 1st one is how the little tortoise is now..... the second is taken on 10th Dec 2010 as he mounts the other one..... the one with the leaf hanging out is the bigger tortoise now and the others are taken of them in their pen now. It looks small but it really is a big pen.
Thank you in advance.