Hi,
I am a new member, I own a Horsefield tortoise who is approximately 6 years old and I believe he is a male and is called sheldon.
He has a 4 foot tortoise table rather than a viv.
I moved to Uni 18 months ago and left my tortoise in the care of my family, although I do visit regularly.
The last couple of weeks my mum has been very worried about the sheldon, His shell has become very soft and he almost appears 'flat'. she believes this was caused by a bulb been out for a couple of days. She has been advised to include more calcium in his diet in order to help him.
so we have bought a tub of the calcium powder (exoterra i think)
I have noticed that he doesn't seem to be improving, although my mum still says he is eating.
He is very inactive and doesn't seem to move about at all, however this could be due to the time of year and the fact we have not yet hibernated him. ( we are worried about doing this, so advice on this would also be appreciated)
Aswell as the above his beak has also snapped either side although seems to be getting better.
This sounds like we are very bad owners however we are not we look after him as best we can although didnt realise how difficult it could be!
I just really hope he can get better
Thank you for taking your time to read
I hope you can help
I am a new member, I own a Horsefield tortoise who is approximately 6 years old and I believe he is a male and is called sheldon.
He has a 4 foot tortoise table rather than a viv.
I moved to Uni 18 months ago and left my tortoise in the care of my family, although I do visit regularly.
The last couple of weeks my mum has been very worried about the sheldon, His shell has become very soft and he almost appears 'flat'. she believes this was caused by a bulb been out for a couple of days. She has been advised to include more calcium in his diet in order to help him.
so we have bought a tub of the calcium powder (exoterra i think)
I have noticed that he doesn't seem to be improving, although my mum still says he is eating.
He is very inactive and doesn't seem to move about at all, however this could be due to the time of year and the fact we have not yet hibernated him. ( we are worried about doing this, so advice on this would also be appreciated)
Aswell as the above his beak has also snapped either side although seems to be getting better.
This sounds like we are very bad owners however we are not we look after him as best we can although didnt realise how difficult it could be!
I just really hope he can get better
Thank you for taking your time to read
I hope you can help