LeeAnn Alexander
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I found this tortoise wondering the middle of the road, in my neighborhood, a month ago. I asked around and no one claimed the tortoise. I brought the tortoise (box turtle) home, since I had three (3) aquatic turtles.
Since bringing the tortoise home, she has not eaten. I have an area in the yard fenced in for her since box turtles like to roam. It is pretty big. I have researched what habitat, food, care should be given and nothing seems to be working. I have taken the turtle to the vet and he has given her de-worming medicine. He also gave a solution/medication for her shell rot (which we found her with). Tomorrow she goes back for another de-worming treatment.
My concern is that she is getting greyed and her skin looks unhealthy. She has not eaten since we've had her, regardless of what we feed her....(shredded carrots, radish, spinach, kale, melon, grapes, strawberries, thyme, romaine lettuce, special stuff with all the vitamins and minerals from the pet store, calcium powder over the food, earth worms (oh...she did eat three earth worms about three weeks in, however I tried feeding her three more on Saturday and she JUST WAS NOT INTERESTED. She looked at the worms squirming around, even put her nose to them, but refused to eat, even when we left her alone with the meals.)
She has a heat lams, UVA/UVB light, water (which I've seen her drink and spend time in). I just don't know what to do anymore and I'm afraid she will die (judging by the color of her skin).
What should I do? The first pic is the box turtle "Shell-E", and the second is our other turtles l-r Kroton, Coco and JessE.
Since bringing the tortoise home, she has not eaten. I have an area in the yard fenced in for her since box turtles like to roam. It is pretty big. I have researched what habitat, food, care should be given and nothing seems to be working. I have taken the turtle to the vet and he has given her de-worming medicine. He also gave a solution/medication for her shell rot (which we found her with). Tomorrow she goes back for another de-worming treatment.
My concern is that she is getting greyed and her skin looks unhealthy. She has not eaten since we've had her, regardless of what we feed her....(shredded carrots, radish, spinach, kale, melon, grapes, strawberries, thyme, romaine lettuce, special stuff with all the vitamins and minerals from the pet store, calcium powder over the food, earth worms (oh...she did eat three earth worms about three weeks in, however I tried feeding her three more on Saturday and she JUST WAS NOT INTERESTED. She looked at the worms squirming around, even put her nose to them, but refused to eat, even when we left her alone with the meals.)
She has a heat lams, UVA/UVB light, water (which I've seen her drink and spend time in). I just don't know what to do anymore and I'm afraid she will die (judging by the color of her skin).
What should I do? The first pic is the box turtle "Shell-E", and the second is our other turtles l-r Kroton, Coco and JessE.