Help - runny eyes

[iloveanimals1997]

Hey... My names selena im 14 years old ... I just bought a russian tortoise from my local pet store about 2 weeks ago. I absaloutley love her ... I named her cheryl.... But recently her eyes look like there crying.. Is this normal i have her in a pretty big enclosure for her size. I feed her kale nd spring mix lettuce spray it with repti calciuim ... like once in a while strawberriesi have a aloe plant nd some cat grass in the enclosure too.. I use coco finer mixed with organic soil i use a 26 watt reptile uvb 150 10.0 compact. 75 uva heat bulb its exactly 100 in her basking spot nd 80 in the rest of the area she very very active alwas moving the plants around n grass shes a monster lol...and she poops nd pees usually after like a hour after i feed her ... Please help i dont want it to get worse i bulit the enclosure my self btw its a old book shelf i have 3 and a half inches if substrate in there. PLEASE HELP THANKS you sooo soo much

 

[iloveanimals1997]

Help

Hey... My names selena im 14 years old ... I just bought a russian tortoise from my local pet store about 2 weeks ago. I absaloutley love her ... I named her cheryl.... But recently her eyes look like there crying.. Is this normal i have her in a pretty big enclosure for her size. I feed her kale nd spring mix lettuce spray it with repti calciuim ... like once in a while strawberriesi have a aloe plant nd some cat grass in the enclosure too.. I use coco finer mixed with organic soil i use a 26 watt reptile uvb 150 10.0 compact. 75 uva heat bulb its exactly 100 in her basking spot nd 80 in the rest of the area she very very active alwas moving the plants around n grass shes a monster lol...and she poops nd pees usually after like a hour after i feed her ... Please help i dont want it to get worse i bulit the enclosure my self btw its a old book shelf i have 3 and a half inches if substrate in there. PLEASE HELP THANKS you sooo soo much tortoise

 

[Jacqui]

RE: Help

Hi and welcome to the world of tortoises! I am not seeing anything really wrong with Cheryl in your pictures. It might be the lights bothering her or even coir dust in the eye. The two things that did jump out at me were the waterdish and the lights. The waterdish looks like it would be too small and shallow for her to get into it and have a good soak. I would recommend if that is a problem, to go with a terra cotta type plant water saucer. They come in many sizes, help nail wear and best of all are fairly cheap to buy.

Next concern are those lights. It really scares me when I see somebody holding them on just using those clamps. The clamps often fail allowing the light to fall down. Then you have a chance of burns and/or fires.

 

[Yvonne G]

RE: Help

Welcome to the Forum, Selena!

 

[lori12386]

RE: Help

I could be wrong. But it looks like you are using coil bulbs. These are bad for thier eyes. Im no expert though. I am sure someone else will have better imput! Your setup looks pretty good though.

 

[iloveanimals1997]

RE: Help

Hi and welcome to the world of tortoises! I am not seeing anything really wrong with Cheryl in your pictures. It might be the lights bothering her or even coir dust in the eye. The two things that did jump out at me were the waterdish and the lights. The waterdish looks like it would be too small and shallow for her to get into it and have a good soak. I would recommend if that is a problem, to go with a terra cotta type plant water saucer. They come in many sizes, help nail wear and best of all are fairly cheap to buy.

Next concern are those lights. It really scares me when I see somebody holding them on just using those clamps. The clamps often fail allowing the light to fall down. Then you have a chance of burns and/or fires.

I just orderned the zoomed stand for i should get in a couple of days but thankss o was just worried😄

 

[iloveanimals1997]

Chers eyes

Is it me or does it look like her eyes r crying?.. it doesnt look like it that much in the picture but it does look like her eyes r wet? someone please tell me why...Hey... My names selena im 14 years old ... I just bought a russian tortoise from my local pet store about 2 weeks ago. I absaloutley love her ... I named her cheryl.... But recently her eyes look like there crying.. Is this normal i have her in a pretty big enclosure for her size. I feed her kale nd spring mix lettuce spray it with repti calciuim ... like once in a while strawberriesi have a aloe plant nd some cat grass in the enclosure too.. I use coco finer mixed with organic soil i use a 26 watt reptile uvb 150 10.0 compact. 75 uva heat bulb its exactly 100 in her basking spot nd 80 in the rest of the area she very very active alwas moving the plants around n grass shes a monster lol...and she poops nd pees usually after like a hour after i feed her ... Please help i dont want it to get worse i bulit the enclosure my self btw its a old book shelf i have 3 and a half inches if substrate in there. PLEASE HELP THANKS you sooo soo much

 

[mainey34]

I do notice your torts eyes are watery..i do notice you are using the coil type bulbs..the squiggly type. Those are not good for torts eyes. They are known to cause blindness. I would not use them. This could be the reason for the watering of the eyes...