My Egyptian baby tortoise has an eating problem

[Sana Ahmad]

Hello every one,

I'm from Egypt, my baby tortoise(Tutu) refuses to eat by herself, i have to cut the lettuce into very small pieces and put it near her mouth so she could eat, she isn't moving so much also. She is 1 year old and was so healthy and crazy all the time starting from the day she hatched in.
I don't use any special lighting as the sun shines on her house every day, i tried to give her something else lettuce to eat but the same thing happened!

does anyone here know what's happening?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Sana Ahmad and welcome to the Forum.

Your tortoise isn't warm enough. Just having the sun shine through the window isn't good enough. The tortoise also needs a light shining down on the habitat so she can sit under it and get warm.

Do you soak the baby in warm water every day?

 

[wellington]

Hello and Welcome if the only sun light she is getting is through a window, she is not getting any UVB. They need UVB, very important. Give us a run down of her environment, temps, humidity, substrate, diet, supplements, etc. We can better help you with these answered.