Chantelle McIver
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Hello all. I live in Niger, Africa. I have a 7.5 year old spurred this sulcata. He had a shell crack accident that i posted here about in Aug, but seemed to have recovered nicely and would even climb stairs, move fast, etc and was fine for months after. However, in December he went down into the burrow he dug and we have not seen him emerge since. Thats over 2 months now with no food or water. We have poked his shell several times with a shovel (we can just reach him barely in the burrow bottom) and seen him move in response so he is still alive, but I am concerned. There are no vets here to take him to. The lowest it gets at night is 70 degrees F and it is close to 100F in the day, so i dont think its a cold weather issue. This is the first year he has done this for more than a week or so. Should we dig him out? I dont even know how to tell if he is sick or got an infection after the accident?