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[HermanniChris]

Tyanna I wasn't directing anything toward you at all, sorry if it came off that way. I was simply implying that the owner needs to pay attention to detail. You didn't do anything wrong at all in my opinion.

 

[Tyanna]

Tyanna I wasn't directing anything toward you at all, sorry if it came off that way. I was simply implying that the owner needs to pay attention to detail. You didn't do anything wrong at all in my opinion.

Oops! One bad thing about the internet is you can't tell how a person is speaking! Glad someone more experienced with Greeks stepped in, anywho.

 

[Yvonne G]

Incidentally, we DO have a Greek care sheet at the top of the Greek section here on the Forum.

 

[Tyanna]

Incidentally, we DO have a Greek care sheet at the top of the Greek section here on the Forum.

Oh poo. I'm sorry! I must've looked right over it..

 

[Teesh]

There's no need to worry about the animal if it is deciding to sleep for a day. You need to take into account its overall behavior over the course of time. Just because the animal wants to sleep today doesn't mean you should slap a label on it that it's potentially sick. Some of my tortoises will go without eating for days at a time. I let them decide when they feel like eating again unless they are clearly showing me signs of true illness. Tortoises do sense change in season even when indoors under artificial lights and this varies with species and even subspecies. Why? because they have biological "clocks". They are not domesticated and never will be, they are wild, simply put. And also, no, Greek care is not the same as Russian care, it is rather just similar depending on the subspecies of Greek you have. Give the tortoise a chance. Don't sentence it to an early diagnosis just because he's sleepy today. Keep us posted and most of all, leave him be. These animals are surprisingly adaptive and can even overcome things on their own without our intervention.

Hank you that helps a lot! Wha are signs of sickness?


Teesh

 

[ascott]

May we see a pic of the top/bottom of the tort?

 

[Teesh]

May we see a pic of the top/bottom of the tort?

yes hold on he is sleeping I will soon



Teesh

 

[Teesh]

yes hold on he is sleeping I will soon



Teesh

W wil that do?


Teesh

 

[Teesh]

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Teesh

Teesh

 

[Teesh]

Teesh

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Looks like a dry substrate.

 

[ascott]

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Teesh

Yes, thank you...

@HermanniChris

Perhaps a bit of help will narrow down a bit the local that your tort may have derived from.....?