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Please help me. I can't afford to go to the vet right now and my baby Sulcata is not well. He is about 1 1/2 years old. Not 100% sure on his sex, we call him Tuck. He was a present for my son, though I take care of him. I keep reading things all over the internet and I'm going crazy, I'm worried we are going to lose him.
He has not been his normal roaming, spunky, lettuce chomping self. Here are the things wrong with him:
-He is not eating, hand feeding and force-feeding doesn't work either
-He seems to have a hard time seeing/responding to movement around him
-He is very lethargic, barely moves and won’t even walk to food, which he used to RUN to
-He has a white dot in his left eye; you can see it in the photos below
-he has a hard time opening his eyes until I soak him or get his face wet with a few drop of water
As far as his environment he has a 5 Gallon tank, alfalfa substrate. Basking light 50w and a UV bulb, which after doing more reading it seems the coil type he has isn't good for Sulcatas
He eats lettuce and orange tortoise cube supplements with calcium. I soaked him 2-3 times a week but now I have been doing it every day because his eyes don't seem to be able to open without it.
I know if he doesn’t eat soon he will die. Please help me, my son is going to be hysterical if his baby dies and I already feel like it’s my fault because I must have messed up something along the way.
He has not been his normal roaming, spunky, lettuce chomping self. Here are the things wrong with him:
-He is not eating, hand feeding and force-feeding doesn't work either
-He seems to have a hard time seeing/responding to movement around him
-He is very lethargic, barely moves and won’t even walk to food, which he used to RUN to
-He has a white dot in his left eye; you can see it in the photos below
-he has a hard time opening his eyes until I soak him or get his face wet with a few drop of water
As far as his environment he has a 5 Gallon tank, alfalfa substrate. Basking light 50w and a UV bulb, which after doing more reading it seems the coil type he has isn't good for Sulcatas
He eats lettuce and orange tortoise cube supplements with calcium. I soaked him 2-3 times a week but now I have been doing it every day because his eyes don't seem to be able to open without it.
I know if he doesn’t eat soon he will die. Please help me, my son is going to be hysterical if his baby dies and I already feel like it’s my fault because I must have messed up something along the way.