indian star tortoise keeper need help (sleeps a lot, poor appetite)

[lord hesho]

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What kind of lighting and bulbs are you using?
What are you using to measure temps?
Get piedialyte for babies and put that daily in his soak water.

should i just prepare the greens and leave it in the enclosure or should i feed it he is only sleeping and hasn't touch the greens and i just found out the lamp was not uvb so that was useless so should i just put it outdoor in the sun

 

[Yvonne G]

That "temp measure thing" on the wall (thermometer) isn't telling you the temperature down where the tortoise lives.

 

[wellington]

also

should i just prepare the greens and leave it in the enclosure or should i feed it he is only sleeping and hasn't touch the greens and i just found out the lamp was not uvb so that was useless so should i just put it outdoor in the sun

Answer the questions I asked.

 

[wellington]

uvb i have a temp measure thing in my room on the wall

That's useless! Get a temp gun and a digital thermometer that you put at tort level.

 

[wellington]

I think the problem is it's not warm enough. You must get it warm enough and read those temps with the proper equipment I mentioned. I think if you actually get the correct temps ASAP things will change
Tube fluorescent for uvb
Incandescent flood bulb 65 watt for basking and
Ceramic heat emitter for added day heat if needed and night heat.

 

[lord hesho]

I think the problem is it's not warm enough. You must get it warm enough and read those temps with the proper equipment I mentioned. I think if you actually get the correct temps ASAP things will change
Tube fluorescent for uvb
Incandescent flood bulb 65 watt for basking and
Ceramic heat emitter for added day heat if needed and night heat.

day temps i am sure are above 29 it will rake time to get proper equipment for now i keep the turtle near a heat emitter

 

[TammyJ]

When you know you have a sick animal. the first thing to do is to ensure that all your setup conditions are exactly right, and you can then eliminate anything you might have been doing wrong that is the cause of its problem. If you cannot properly answer the questions and take the experts' advice, the problem will persist, get worse, and the animal will expire. These particular tortoises require certain exact conditions to be kept constant in order for them to grow healthy. For example, a certain wrong type of light can destroy their eyes. You have been given the help you need and the exact conditions and fixtures required. It's as simple as that. All the best.

 

[Tom]

day temps i am sure are above 29 it will rake time to get proper equipment for now i keep the turtle near a heat emitter

It needs tone around 33 in the whole enclosure during the day and there needs to be a basking area of 36-37C directly under a flood bulb. Warm sunshine works too if its a warm day and you have a safe outdoor enclosure made up.

 

[lord hesho]

I think the problem is it's not warm enough. You must get it warm enough and read those temps with the proper equipment I mentioned. I think if you actually get the correct temps ASAP things will change
Tube fluorescent for uvb
Incandescent flood bulb 65 watt for basking and
Ceramic heat emitter for added day heat if needed and night heat.

I followed your instructions and it helped tortoise is eating healthy again thanks

 

[TammyJ]

That would surely be a world record for fast recovery. Hope everything goes well from here on.

 

[lord hesho]

When you soak it must be warm water. If it's cold outside, lower than enclosure required temps then he can not go outside
Read the link given to you and make all suggested changes ASAP!

i gave the tortoise away to a professional in my area i do not think i have the time to take care of a baby tortoise maybe some time in the near future i might buy a medium size tortoise thx for help

 

[wellington]

That would surely be a world record for fast recovery. Hope everything goes well from here on.

You got that right, a miracle. Now it's been given away.

 

[wellington]

i gave the tortoise away to a professional in my area i do not think i have the time to take care of a baby tortoise maybe some time in the near future i might buy a medium size tortoise thx for help

Whether it died or you gave it away, sorry you didn't have a healthy start of one. Waiting to get another is a good decision to make if you can't care for one properly.

 

[Maggie3fan]

ok it may take me some time to get the substrates though i should get coco coir easily any advice on how to feed it and should i put it in the sun. thanks

In the time you take to set up this poor tortoise correctly he could be dead. The care sheet is explicate. It tells everything and how to do it.
I recently got a Redfoot tortoise from South America. I certainly am not an expert...but I had my whole deal set up w/correct temperatures substrate and all...here it is, maybe pictures will help you with your tortoise. It is a mini greenhouse placed over a tort table...the temps stays around 85 to 90 with 90% humidity.

Possibly you can do this? Your tortoise species is relatively delicate...you need to get something set up for him asap

 

[Maggie3fan]

That would surely be a world record for fast recovery. Hope everything goes well from here on.

Seriously Tammy!!! You know it

 

[lord hesho]

Whether it died or you gave it away, sorry you didn't have a healthy start of one. Waiting to get another is a good decision to make if you can't care for one properly.

it did not die sir and to be sure it did not have a healthy start the breeder i bought it from was only feeding it cucumbers he told me too do same i guess it is for the best i actually surrendered it to a person who claimed to be a professional in my area i promise i did not die

 

[lord hesho]

it did not fully recover though i said it was eating after i raised the temps with a heater

That would surely be a world record for fast recovery. Hope everything goes well from here on.tm

 

[lord hesho]

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In the time you take to set up this poor tortoise correctly he could be dead. The care sheet is explicate. It tells everything and how to do it.
I recently got a Redfoot tortoise from South America. I certainly am not an expert...but I had my whole deal set up w/correct temperatures substrate and all...here it is, maybe pictures will help you with your tortoise. It is a mini greenhouse placed over a tort table...the temps stays around 85 to 90 with 90% humidity.
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Possibly you can do this? Your tortoise species is relatively delicate...you need to get something set up for him asap

actually no I do not have the recourses nor the time or space to make that

 

[lord hesho]

Whether it died or you gave it away, sorry you didn't have a healthy start of one. Waiting to get another is a good decision to make if you can't care for one properly.

hey wanted to ask is keeping a ground or a aquatic turtle better also pls don't ne rude about like some of your other posts

 

[wellington]

hey wanted to ask is keeping a ground or a aquatic turtle better also pls don't ne rude about like some of your other posts

I haven't been rude to you at all. But whatever!
In my opinion, turtles are harder. Need expensive huge aquariums or large outdoor pond and expensive filtration system.