Hiii i have got this Thailand tortoise frm my relative, as they went out of town for few week so they gave him to me to take care.....from the day i brought him home his not eating n now he seems motionless (mostly his keeping his eyes closed and not moving his legs) so i am soo worried about him plz i need help.
My Thailand Tortoise seems ill to me
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Hi! It would help, if we knew what kind of tortoise this is or could see pictures even. How warm are you keeping it? First thing I would do, is to give it a soak in lukewarm water. Just to where the two shells join. Soak him in warm water for like 15 minutes and see if that gets him any more active, okay?
Hello and welcome to the forum. Knowing what species of tortoise will help with answering your questions.
Jacqui said:
thnx for ur reply i did as u said but whn i soak him in water he was jus trying to get out of water i think he didnt wanted to be in water...here are few pic attached ....and this pic are 2 days old
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dmarcus said:
hii thnx for ur reply ...i dnt know the species but whn i searched on net thn i got to know that tortoise belong to Thailand i think so !!
i uploading some pics May be it will help u to know which species he belong ....
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That is a turtle, but the species is not clicking in my mind. How do his owners keep him?
Is the water he is in warm? What did they feed him? How long have they had him?
Welcome.
Because this is a turtle and not one I recognize easily, I am going to advise going to a turtle site. For the life of me, I can only think of the name of one of the two I would recommend you to try, but try this one:
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/
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I think its a striped tent turtle. There isn't a care sheet on the 'net for it, but it IS a water turtle.
You need to warm it up and keep it in water. They didn't give you the turtle's container when they asked you to care for it? It should have a spot to climb out of the water, with a light shining on that area, and water that isn't too cold.
You need to warm it up and keep it in water. They didn't give you the turtle's container when they asked you to care for it? It should have a spot to climb out of the water, with a light shining on that area, and water that isn't too cold.
Whatever he is, he's absolutely gorgeous! Welcome to the forum!
Like Yvonne, Emysemys says, get him in a container full of water, go find a big rock, preferably a sloped one that he can climb up and make sure the top is out of the water so he can get out of the water when he wants. Shine a light on the top of the rock and use warmish water rather than cold.
I keep Caspian Water Turtles as well as my tortoises, at this time of year they are fairly sleepy as temperatures have dropped, but they still move around a fair bit during the day. As I dont know what breed this gorgeous turtle of yours is, I cant give proper advice, but I feed mine turtle food from out local pet shop and tiny pieces of raw chicken or fish.
Good Luck.
Helen x
Like Yvonne, Emysemys says, get him in a container full of water, go find a big rock, preferably a sloped one that he can climb up and make sure the top is out of the water so he can get out of the water when he wants. Shine a light on the top of the rock and use warmish water rather than cold.
I keep Caspian Water Turtles as well as my tortoises, at this time of year they are fairly sleepy as temperatures have dropped, but they still move around a fair bit during the day. As I dont know what breed this gorgeous turtle of yours is, I cant give proper advice, but I feed mine turtle food from out local pet shop and tiny pieces of raw chicken or fish.
Good Luck.
Helen x
Jaizai is correct. Indian Roofed turtle Pangshura tecta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Roofed_Turtle
http://careforpetturtle.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-roofed-turtle-from-wikipedia.html
jaizei said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Roofed_Turtle
http://careforpetturtle.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-roofed-turtle-from-wikipedia.html
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