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- Mar 21, 2011
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hi i am glad to have found this web site. i have a 5 and a half month old sulcata tortoise named Champinion.
about a week ago i put him out side in his enclosure the weather was around 80f long story short 2 hours later after i put him out side i came to check on him and the little guy was gone . i searched for him till night and could not find him. that night it was around 50f degrees outside so i fugured that it wouldnt make through the night
and a week later ( which was yesterday in the afternoon) i found him in the middle of our front yard. so i took him inn and put him in warm water and was just amazed that he survived a whole week out side when temperatures hit lower 50's at night.
after an hour of having him back with me i started to noticed that he was not as active as he used to be and not only that his eyes would not open. so i got really worried about him and took him to the vet this morning . the vet said to raise his temperature and provided me with eye drops as well as critical care to feed him.
as soon as i got home i put the eye drops on him and within minutes he fully open one of his eyes and the other one is half way open and what made me happier was that he is acting normal again eating and walking around.
the only bad thing that the vet told me was that he is under weight for his age
about a week ago i put him out side in his enclosure the weather was around 80f long story short 2 hours later after i put him out side i came to check on him and the little guy was gone . i searched for him till night and could not find him. that night it was around 50f degrees outside so i fugured that it wouldnt make through the night
and a week later ( which was yesterday in the afternoon) i found him in the middle of our front yard. so i took him inn and put him in warm water and was just amazed that he survived a whole week out side when temperatures hit lower 50's at night. after an hour of having him back with me i started to noticed that he was not as active as he used to be and not only that his eyes would not open. so i got really worried about him and took him to the vet this morning . the vet said to raise his temperature and provided me with eye drops as well as critical care to feed him.
as soon as i got home i put the eye drops on him and within minutes he fully open one of his eyes and the other one is half way open and what made me happier was that he is acting normal again eating and walking around.
the only bad thing that the vet told me was that he is under weight for his age
