Zenpsyche
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Hi ya’ll!!!
I am somewhat new to this forum but I’ve been doing a lot of research over the past months… Last week I got a new amazing Hermans tortoise from a really sweet privately owned pet shop. I’m guessing he is about a year and a half to two years old. He’s about 5 inches in length. The people who work there really loved him and were so happy one of the girls cried when I brought him home last week. OK here come the questions…
My new baby is named Coconut 🥰
The first few days he didn’t eat a lot but now he’s a little muncher 😂 I’m not sure if they soaked him at the pet shop so for the past week so I’ve been doing it every day in the warm water. I don’t think he knows what’s going on which is really cute he’s kind of confused lol… He gets a varied diet of the soaked Massuri pellets, little treats of cactus, beautiful fresh organic greens (no spinach or fruits). He has a ton of energy! I let him out of his enclosure to cruise around my apartment under a very watchful eye. He lets me pet him he is an absolute sweetheart!
Yesterday and this morning when I was giving him his morning bath he did his regular pee and that white stuff and pooped but his poo was kind of watery. He has no runny nose. Lots of energy. He literally acts like a perfect little tortoise angel. I’ll probably take him to the vet next week to make sure he has a good bill of health just in case.
Questions:
1) I have bathed him every day this week cause I’m not sure if they did that at the pet shop and I want to make sure he gets rehydrated. I have heard when they’re older that can cause diarrhea. Is this true?
2) I don’t have any area around here to find good weeds or dandelion flowers. I live in The turtle Creek area of Dallas. I’m afraid the parks probably use nasty pesticides. Where can I find fresh dandelion flowers? I don’t have any place in my apartment to grow them because I don’t get much sunlight and I have a cat who would attack it lol
3) should I only bathe him a couple times a week?
4) I have heard I should feed him five days and two days no food is that accurate?
5) finally, does anyone live in the Dallas area and know of a reputable vet that works with tortoises? I would like to bring him next week just so we can get a good check up 🥰
Thank you for reading this and for being so long-winded but I wanted to make sure I got everything in there 🙏🐢🥰
I am somewhat new to this forum but I’ve been doing a lot of research over the past months… Last week I got a new amazing Hermans tortoise from a really sweet privately owned pet shop. I’m guessing he is about a year and a half to two years old. He’s about 5 inches in length. The people who work there really loved him and were so happy one of the girls cried when I brought him home last week. OK here come the questions…
My new baby is named Coconut 🥰
The first few days he didn’t eat a lot but now he’s a little muncher 😂 I’m not sure if they soaked him at the pet shop so for the past week so I’ve been doing it every day in the warm water. I don’t think he knows what’s going on which is really cute he’s kind of confused lol… He gets a varied diet of the soaked Massuri pellets, little treats of cactus, beautiful fresh organic greens (no spinach or fruits). He has a ton of energy! I let him out of his enclosure to cruise around my apartment under a very watchful eye. He lets me pet him he is an absolute sweetheart!
Yesterday and this morning when I was giving him his morning bath he did his regular pee and that white stuff and pooped but his poo was kind of watery. He has no runny nose. Lots of energy. He literally acts like a perfect little tortoise angel. I’ll probably take him to the vet next week to make sure he has a good bill of health just in case.
Questions:
1) I have bathed him every day this week cause I’m not sure if they did that at the pet shop and I want to make sure he gets rehydrated. I have heard when they’re older that can cause diarrhea. Is this true?
2) I don’t have any area around here to find good weeds or dandelion flowers. I live in The turtle Creek area of Dallas. I’m afraid the parks probably use nasty pesticides. Where can I find fresh dandelion flowers? I don’t have any place in my apartment to grow them because I don’t get much sunlight and I have a cat who would attack it lol
3) should I only bathe him a couple times a week?
4) I have heard I should feed him five days and two days no food is that accurate?
5) finally, does anyone live in the Dallas area and know of a reputable vet that works with tortoises? I would like to bring him next week just so we can get a good check up 🥰
Thank you for reading this and for being so long-winded but I wanted to make sure I got everything in there 🙏🐢🥰
