As some of you have read in my other posts, I have been recently reacquainted with my childhood pet from 30 years ago, a Desert Tortoise. It was a last minute ordeal as my parents sold their house recently. I built him a proper burrow and put him in there where he stayed for a couple of days until it rained one night and he decided to come out. Since I have dogs (which would probably be ok anyway) I didn't want to take a chance on something bad happening to my Tortoise before I got a fence built to divide the yard. So I woke him up from brumation and built him an enclosure in the garage with a heat lamp and heat emitter, coco coir substrate, a water dish, a hide and a food dish. It is 104 degrees in the hot side and 78 in the cool side of his enclosure. He comes out and cruises around under his light and drinks water every couple of days. He pooped a couple of times right after I put him in his enclosure under the heat lamp @ 3 weeks ago but hasn't since. He appears completely healthy but hasn't eaten. Im starting to get nervous of this. I've tried giving him Hibiscus flowers, Bermuda grass, napolitos cactus, celery greens, and store bought tortoise food. He sniffs these things but has yet to take a bite of any of them. What should my next course of action be?
