TheZenBetta
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Hello there!
My name is Zack and I brought home a Red Foot Tortoise around three weeks ago, she's around 6.5 inches long and she's my baby
First off my set up is a 20 long (Soon to be upgraded) with a large ramp water bowl, a ledge decoration under which she can hide, several plants, around two to three inches of bark substrate over large turtle rocks to avoid mold, a 5.0 UVB with a large heat mat on the rear right side of the tank.
Her hot spot temperature is around 90-95 and her humidity remains above 40%. I mist her in the morning and at night before and after work to get the humidity to around 80-90 and then have a monsoon misting system that sprays around every four hours or so for a minute to keep it a little humid.
So for the first couple weeks I got her everything was great, she was a monster eater. She was on pellets at the store I got her from, so I bought some Mazuri pellets, but also promptly began offering her lots of fresh veggies such as kale, baby kale, carrot, bell pepper and offered her some fruits such as apple (no seeds!), strawberries and mango. She did not like the Mazuri brand so I switched to the Rep-Cal brand and she loved them. However after around a week her poop turned very watery and took on a very dark forest green color. Her urine was still completely clear, but she had almost diarrhea for poop. So I switched her back to only pellets and her poops turned solid again, however in the last few days she isn't eating as much. It used to be that she would come running for food and would easily accept veggies and fruit from my fingers, but I have not seen her eat for around three days now. She is still pooping once a day, and it's solid now, so I'm assuming she must be eating something, probably at night?
Her eyes are clear, no goop and her nares are clear and beak is healthy. She has no audible breathing sound but does occasionally make a kind of "quack" or "croak" noise, especially when confronted with food or water, although I have heard her lately make it while she's hiding as well. I assume it is normal vocalization but thought I'd ask just in case. If I take her out of her enclosure she wanders around and keeps her shell high off the ground.
I may be worried over nothing but I just really want to make sure my baby is okay :/
Sorry if these are noob questions or if this is in the wrong place but I just want to make sure she's healthy and I'm giving her everything she needs. Please any input would be greatly appreciated, I'm worried sick as I don't see her being interested in food like she used to be, was she just starving when I got her and now content?
My name is Zack and I brought home a Red Foot Tortoise around three weeks ago, she's around 6.5 inches long and she's my baby
First off my set up is a 20 long (Soon to be upgraded) with a large ramp water bowl, a ledge decoration under which she can hide, several plants, around two to three inches of bark substrate over large turtle rocks to avoid mold, a 5.0 UVB with a large heat mat on the rear right side of the tank.
Her hot spot temperature is around 90-95 and her humidity remains above 40%. I mist her in the morning and at night before and after work to get the humidity to around 80-90 and then have a monsoon misting system that sprays around every four hours or so for a minute to keep it a little humid.
So for the first couple weeks I got her everything was great, she was a monster eater. She was on pellets at the store I got her from, so I bought some Mazuri pellets, but also promptly began offering her lots of fresh veggies such as kale, baby kale, carrot, bell pepper and offered her some fruits such as apple (no seeds!), strawberries and mango. She did not like the Mazuri brand so I switched to the Rep-Cal brand and she loved them. However after around a week her poop turned very watery and took on a very dark forest green color. Her urine was still completely clear, but she had almost diarrhea for poop. So I switched her back to only pellets and her poops turned solid again, however in the last few days she isn't eating as much. It used to be that she would come running for food and would easily accept veggies and fruit from my fingers, but I have not seen her eat for around three days now. She is still pooping once a day, and it's solid now, so I'm assuming she must be eating something, probably at night?
Her eyes are clear, no goop and her nares are clear and beak is healthy. She has no audible breathing sound but does occasionally make a kind of "quack" or "croak" noise, especially when confronted with food or water, although I have heard her lately make it while she's hiding as well. I assume it is normal vocalization but thought I'd ask just in case. If I take her out of her enclosure she wanders around and keeps her shell high off the ground.
I may be worried over nothing but I just really want to make sure my baby is okay :/
Sorry if these are noob questions or if this is in the wrong place but I just want to make sure she's healthy and I'm giving her everything she needs. Please any input would be greatly appreciated, I'm worried sick as I don't see her being interested in food like she used to be, was she just starving when I got her and now content?