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I’m in a spot of bother and was hoping that someone could help me out.
A friend of mine left me two baby tortoises out of the blue, he didn’t tell me anything about them (Species, ages and sex etc.), to be honest I don’t think he knew himself.
Let me split the Tortoises up,
The bigger one is called, for lack of a better name Sugar Daddy and the smaller one called Peggy.
Sugar Daddy:
4cm x 4cm (shell)
The Shell and underbelly are quite soft
He is quite active and likes taking walks
Sleeps quite a bit (Is this normal?)
Doesn’t show any real sign of problems, but isn’t eating or drink (from what I notice)
Is now showing signs of light patches on his head.
Peggy:
3cm x 3cm (shell)
The Shell and underbelly are quite soft
She is of greater concern she is hardly active at all, afraid to say it, its like she on her last legs.
She moves around a little, but spends most of its time sleeping. When she does move she doesn’t go very far unlike Sugar Daddy. What worries me is that is she doesn’t walk but rather drags herself along, her hind legs do move but they seem really weak, rather than picker her up and moving her forward they just push her along the floor.
Peggy does not open her eyes, they are always closed and she drags herself around blind.
Also Peggy is getting white residue around her mouth, like when you get salt crystals from sweating, is this dehydration?
A common problem that both have is that I have never noticed or have seen any signs that they have been eating, I have had them for almost a week, I’ve tried fresh lettuce and cabbage. Also I don’t think they have been drinking, but I have bathed them twice now, so they may have drunk then.
Sugar daddy is the only one that has dropped droppings and that was on the second day of getting him.
Sorry it’s so long winded, but I have no idea about tortoises so I wanted to give all relevant information.
Could somebody tell me something about them i.e. Sex, Species, Age and any advice on getting them to eat and drink and helping Peggy she worries me.
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A friend of mine left me two baby tortoises out of the blue, he didn’t tell me anything about them (Species, ages and sex etc.), to be honest I don’t think he knew himself.
Let me split the Tortoises up,
The bigger one is called, for lack of a better name Sugar Daddy and the smaller one called Peggy.
Sugar Daddy:
4cm x 4cm (shell)
The Shell and underbelly are quite soft
He is quite active and likes taking walks
Sleeps quite a bit (Is this normal?)
Doesn’t show any real sign of problems, but isn’t eating or drink (from what I notice)
Is now showing signs of light patches on his head.
Peggy:
3cm x 3cm (shell)
The Shell and underbelly are quite soft
She is of greater concern she is hardly active at all, afraid to say it, its like she on her last legs.
She moves around a little, but spends most of its time sleeping. When she does move she doesn’t go very far unlike Sugar Daddy. What worries me is that is she doesn’t walk but rather drags herself along, her hind legs do move but they seem really weak, rather than picker her up and moving her forward they just push her along the floor.
Peggy does not open her eyes, they are always closed and she drags herself around blind.
Also Peggy is getting white residue around her mouth, like when you get salt crystals from sweating, is this dehydration?
A common problem that both have is that I have never noticed or have seen any signs that they have been eating, I have had them for almost a week, I’ve tried fresh lettuce and cabbage. Also I don’t think they have been drinking, but I have bathed them twice now, so they may have drunk then.
Sugar daddy is the only one that has dropped droppings and that was on the second day of getting him.
Sorry it’s so long winded, but I have no idea about tortoises so I wanted to give all relevant information.
Could somebody tell me something about them i.e. Sex, Species, Age and any advice on getting them to eat and drink and helping Peggy she worries me.
http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00076na1.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00079bw2.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00081vp2.jpg
http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00082nh0.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00083mx4.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00085mc6.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00087v2ty1.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00088v2za0.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00090rb6.jpg