Indian Star Tortoise not eating

[Apoorva]

We rescued an Indian Star tortoise but weren’t fully aware of its needs. Four days ago, due to extreme heat, we kept it in an AC room (covered) for a few hours. There was also loud noise from guests. Since then, it has stopped eating, only took 2 bites of cucumber, and makes a sound while eating. The weather is shifting from summer to monsoon. We soak it twice a day in water. We’re concerned and want to understand what’s wrong and how to help it eat again. He sleeps less and keeps wandering in the whole house and hides in very weird spots.

 

[xXtortoiseloverXx]

If you show us the picture of tortoise, and enclosure setup, we might to able to help better, how hot is your extreme heat, and by the way, cucumber is not good diet for your tortoise.

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

How cold did it get when the AC was on?

 

[COmtnLady]

Have you had a chance to read this yet? It will help you see quite a bit about care and good keeping practices.

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

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And here is a short thread that would be good for you to read.
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/can-i-allow-my-tortoise-to-roam-the-floor-of-the-house.175735/

It would also be good for you to stop in here occasionally when you don't have an emergency. I just looked back through your posts and it looks like you only come here when you have a problem, rather than to be here and learn things so that you don't have emergencies. There's a lot of good info here, and everyone cares a lot about tortoises.

*** Please answer the things asked of you above. We need to know to figure out what is happening with your tortoise. Please also post pics of him and the places he frequents.

 

[RandyTortoise]

You said you rescued her. If she is new to your home and a new enclosure she may not eat for some time before she is comfortable.

 

[COmtnLady]

Please let us know:
more info about exactly how you are keeping her/him
do you have an enclosure setup
how hot is your extreme heat
how cold did it get when the AC was on
was it blowing directly on her/him
how often do you soak him/her and for how long



cucumber is not good diet for your tortoise.





This can help you learn about best way to keep her/him. :

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

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This is from :

Healthy Diets

Healthy Diets

www.thetortoisetable.org.uk

Grazing Species​

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Grazers eat a variety of grasses and succulent plants in the wild with grasses making up the larger part of their diet. They may eat fruit and animal protein opportunistically, but we don't recommend deliberately feeding these to your tortoise.

If you feed large amounts of fruit it may cause severe digestive tract upsets, including very loose faeces, and because of the high sugar content it can disrupt the natural gut flora and encourage the proliferation of parasites.