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I just wondered whether some of you could help.
My tortoise (Tortilla) just isn't eating. Just a little back ground info, she's just over 2 years, lives inside (we live in a flat you see) but she has a descent sized pen with a basking lamp and a uv lamp, and she lives by the window to get as much natural light as she can. She was meant to have her first hibernation at the end of 2012, but I felt I was prepared enough, and I read that if you didn't fell 100% then you should hibernate (I'm planning to start preparing in August this year) She gets bathed 2-3 times and week and has a diet of rocket, watercress, spinach and when she's lucky dandelions.
Tortilla was staying at my mums for 2 weeks while I went on holiday. She stopped eating a day before we picked her up. We just assumed she was full. But she hasn't ate much since she's got back home. She'll have a little munch, but not eat how she used to. She is sleeping a lot in her bedroom too, so she isn't basking much. When I rub he shell she stirs, but then falls straight back asleep. I gave her a bath this morn hoping it would help her but it hasn't at all.
I don't know whether she has gone like this because of the drive (it was only 30 mins and she has done that before) or she is poorly.
I just wondered whether you had any ideas before I take her to the vets
Thanks in advance
My tortoise (Tortilla) just isn't eating. Just a little back ground info, she's just over 2 years, lives inside (we live in a flat you see) but she has a descent sized pen with a basking lamp and a uv lamp, and she lives by the window to get as much natural light as she can. She was meant to have her first hibernation at the end of 2012, but I felt I was prepared enough, and I read that if you didn't fell 100% then you should hibernate (I'm planning to start preparing in August this year) She gets bathed 2-3 times and week and has a diet of rocket, watercress, spinach and when she's lucky dandelions.
Tortilla was staying at my mums for 2 weeks while I went on holiday. She stopped eating a day before we picked her up. We just assumed she was full. But she hasn't ate much since she's got back home. She'll have a little munch, but not eat how she used to. She is sleeping a lot in her bedroom too, so she isn't basking much. When I rub he shell she stirs, but then falls straight back asleep. I gave her a bath this morn hoping it would help her but it hasn't at all.
I don't know whether she has gone like this because of the drive (it was only 30 mins and she has done that before) or she is poorly.
I just wondered whether you had any ideas before I take her to the vets
Thanks in advance