Help!I am not sure what happened to him

[Ayushjain101]

Hey guys,
I hope you all are doing great. I have a 8 year old star buddy. He previously had some kidney issues 2 years ago but then we had him to vet and he was doing just fine.
I keep him indoors. He have a uv light and he also gets 30 mins of sunlight everyday. He was doing amazing but for the last 5 days he is eating nothing... He pooped 7 days ago and also pooped yesterday. He looks fine. He is active in sunlight and doesn't look ill.

I tried to open his mouth and place a stip of pumpkin and he ate it... Should I try to force feed him?

I don't know what to do...

 

[Yvonne G]

Before force feeding you need to re-read the Star care sheet and make sure all the parameters are good with his care and enclosure:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

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