Hello, i am a noob at tortoise world and this is my first tortoise that i got at 24 July 2018, i never owned any tortoise before
I have a problem with my redfoot tortoise, hes still a baby
I received the tortoise at 24 january 2018, i soak it right after i unbox the package..
Then i put him on my enclosure.... i use substrate which is Soil from my garden (free of pesticide) and a layer of coconut fiber. i dont use heating lamps because where i live the temperature is 26-35 degree celcius all year long, and the breeder that i got it from also told me not to use lamp on the enclosure, humidity is also pretty high here, so with some spraying im able to keep it mostly 80-90% all the time
Theres a water dish and also a cuttle bone, and a rock slate to feed him, also some natural plants...
Since i put him on this enclosure he seems a little shy, i gave him fumak vegetable but he dont want to eat them, so i gave him some strowberries and he eats it only a little.. i think this is a normal behaviour for a new tortoise
but he make frequent clicking noise, like if a machine lacks an oil or something, i don't know it was normal or not but i checked my brother's tortoise (he also bought one a small cherry head) and his tortoise doesent make this clicking sound so i started to be a little worry...
he just sits at the corner under a plant and rarely move, but the time it moves i can see that hes walking is still normal...sometimes he explore or climb his hide but most of the time hes just in a corner under a plant
So the next day at 25 january 2018 i soaked him with warm water at 8am in the morning and bring him outside in the sun.. he eats a little grass on the garden but still walks normally...
then i tried fed him again with fumak vegetablel and he still doesent want to eat, so i tried gave him papaya and he eat it but just one bite and then he left it...
The next day from 25 january 2018 to 26 january 2018 i keep routine soaking him warm water and also maintaning the humidity on his enclosure, he still same behaviour since arriving, lots of clicking noises and mostly just goes to corner and hide under a plant, during this 2 days period he is not eating, just a bite of grass on the garden but other then that he wont eat anything...
at 27 january morning i gave him some pellets called Repcal and he eats it just a little bit, a few bites
during this time i notice that something is definately wrong, hes not walking normaly, you can see the video at this link
i think he needs more space or something so i buy a tortoise table which is bigger then the prevuious plastic container, i use substrate coco husk fiber and keep humidity at arround 80 with temps 26 - 32 degress all the time.. when i put him there he explored for a bit and then just stays at the hide
he also still makes that clicking sound...i kept try feeding him that day but he just wont eat.
Next day at january 28, i still soak him but he still refuses to eat, and still walks weirdly
so at 29 january 2018 contacted the guy i bought it from and send the video of him walking, he said thats the tortoise was dehydrated, so i was told to soak him in a Pocari Sweat drink (some kind of isotonic sport drink). so i bought the pocari sweat and soak the tortoise in it for 30 minutes,
Until now it has no effect on him and he still wont eat anything, and now hes walking even worse, now his head is on the ground when walking its like dragging his head on the ground...
I was told by the seller to soak it and put it under sun in the morning and add some shade, i will try that in the morning..
what do you guys think has happened on my tortoise ?
thanks before guys...
I have a problem with my redfoot tortoise, hes still a baby
I received the tortoise at 24 january 2018, i soak it right after i unbox the package..
Then i put him on my enclosure.... i use substrate which is Soil from my garden (free of pesticide) and a layer of coconut fiber. i dont use heating lamps because where i live the temperature is 26-35 degree celcius all year long, and the breeder that i got it from also told me not to use lamp on the enclosure, humidity is also pretty high here, so with some spraying im able to keep it mostly 80-90% all the time
Theres a water dish and also a cuttle bone, and a rock slate to feed him, also some natural plants...
Since i put him on this enclosure he seems a little shy, i gave him fumak vegetable but he dont want to eat them, so i gave him some strowberries and he eats it only a little.. i think this is a normal behaviour for a new tortoise
but he make frequent clicking noise, like if a machine lacks an oil or something, i don't know it was normal or not but i checked my brother's tortoise (he also bought one a small cherry head) and his tortoise doesent make this clicking sound so i started to be a little worry...
he just sits at the corner under a plant and rarely move, but the time it moves i can see that hes walking is still normal...sometimes he explore or climb his hide but most of the time hes just in a corner under a plant
So the next day at 25 january 2018 i soaked him with warm water at 8am in the morning and bring him outside in the sun.. he eats a little grass on the garden but still walks normally...
then i tried fed him again with fumak vegetablel and he still doesent want to eat, so i tried gave him papaya and he eat it but just one bite and then he left it...
The next day from 25 january 2018 to 26 january 2018 i keep routine soaking him warm water and also maintaning the humidity on his enclosure, he still same behaviour since arriving, lots of clicking noises and mostly just goes to corner and hide under a plant, during this 2 days period he is not eating, just a bite of grass on the garden but other then that he wont eat anything...
at 27 january morning i gave him some pellets called Repcal and he eats it just a little bit, a few bites
during this time i notice that something is definately wrong, hes not walking normaly, you can see the video at this link
i think he needs more space or something so i buy a tortoise table which is bigger then the prevuious plastic container, i use substrate coco husk fiber and keep humidity at arround 80 with temps 26 - 32 degress all the time.. when i put him there he explored for a bit and then just stays at the hide
he also still makes that clicking sound...i kept try feeding him that day but he just wont eat.
Next day at january 28, i still soak him but he still refuses to eat, and still walks weirdly
so at 29 january 2018 contacted the guy i bought it from and send the video of him walking, he said thats the tortoise was dehydrated, so i was told to soak him in a Pocari Sweat drink (some kind of isotonic sport drink). so i bought the pocari sweat and soak the tortoise in it for 30 minutes,
Until now it has no effect on him and he still wont eat anything, and now hes walking even worse, now his head is on the ground when walking its like dragging his head on the ground...
I was told by the seller to soak it and put it under sun in the morning and add some shade, i will try that in the morning..
what do you guys think has happened on my tortoise ?
thanks before guys...
