GM1025
New Member
We have a baby Sulcata approximately 3 1/2 months old. We've struggled with proper enclosure due to space at our zoo. Sometime in the past week or 2 this damaged occurred. We are unsure if he got dropped by a customer (we've stopped letting the public hold them) a fennec fox bite (the babies only were in the same space a day or 2 because we noticed the fox messing with their bin) or the slot sat on him or something (one night only because we were trying to keep them properly warm and humid). I noticed a few days ago this one was not as active or eating as much. I soak daily in warm water and take them outside for sun time to help with the issues we've had getting the enclosure set up properly. We moved some animals around and they got a much better enclosure with proper heat, uvb and humidity now. He was a lil more active in this set up, I've been monitoring for signs of a RI due to the lack of activity and eating. Yesterday I did our daily soak and he DRANK and DRANK a ton of water, which made me very happy! I give them a lil run around time in the grass outside and this lil one moved a little and did a very long urate .. which again I was concerned but happy to see him pee! I had a gut feeling to check him more closely and found these nasty cracks on his side. We don't have an exotic vet near us that knows Tortoises. So my question is what can I do for him, products to use, what to look out for and any information I can take to our local vet (that sees quite a few of the other animals) to help her?