Hey this is Pawan from India, and I own a red year slider who is 3 years old, and an Indian star tortoise who is probably 3 months old. The sliders name is Ted its a male, and Name of the Star is Pebbles and it's a female.
As most of y'all know it's illegal to keep a star tortoise in India, so I can not take it to a vet. I built her a cage so that I can keep her in my balcony all day long so that it can stay under sunlight, provided her with a plate for food and a shallow plate for water, and a little house for hiding and also I soak him daily in warm water.
I along with my friend took a pair of stars, he has male and I have female, his tort is active, eats green leaves. The problem with Pebbles is she always hides in her house and sleeps, as soon as I put her in the cage she goes into her house and sleeps, never eats in her cage, I have to take her out and feed her that too only hibiscus flowers, she doesn't eat leaves or grass or any other greens, she eats cucumber but I read in some site that cucumber is not good for torts.
Please help me guys.....
As most of y'all know it's illegal to keep a star tortoise in India, so I can not take it to a vet. I built her a cage so that I can keep her in my balcony all day long so that it can stay under sunlight, provided her with a plate for food and a shallow plate for water, and a little house for hiding and also I soak him daily in warm water.
I along with my friend took a pair of stars, he has male and I have female, his tort is active, eats green leaves. The problem with Pebbles is she always hides in her house and sleeps, as soon as I put her in the cage she goes into her house and sleeps, never eats in her cage, I have to take her out and feed her that too only hibiscus flowers, she doesn't eat leaves or grass or any other greens, she eats cucumber but I read in some site that cucumber is not good for torts.
Please help me guys.....