AndyTort
New Member
Hi everyone,
First post here so thought I would introduce myself – I’m Laura and I live in the UK (Kent). My second post below goes into the problems I have been having in detail but as it’s massive, I thought I would summarise here - I have a very poorly spur-thighed tortoise at the moment and I’m here for some advice please on what I can do to improve my husbandry to support him in getting better.
He’s been to 2 different exotic vets already; 1 recommended him to be put to sleep after 2 weeks hospitalisation there (he wasn’t eating at the time) and the 2nd opinion vet did not agree and sent him home with us with meds and advice on how to get him better.
Since coming back home he is now eating very well but other than this he is unfortunately very, very sleepy and lethargic and this is why I’m worried.
The trouble I’ve got is that he’s never been kept indoors before so the indoor enclosure we’ve currently got for him when the weather is bad is very makeshift and unsuitable. I’m aware we need to get a proper one built for him ASAP so we can monitor temps etc but I need advice please on the size, materials it needs to be built from, substrate.. basically everything.
I haven’t got measurements for him at the moment which I know will be needed for the enclosure size but I’ll attach photos of him to give you some idea of his size in the meantime.
As I said, my second post below goes into much more detail – I just didn’t want to make my first one too long and unreadable.
Thanks in advance.
Laura
First post here so thought I would introduce myself – I’m Laura and I live in the UK (Kent). My second post below goes into the problems I have been having in detail but as it’s massive, I thought I would summarise here - I have a very poorly spur-thighed tortoise at the moment and I’m here for some advice please on what I can do to improve my husbandry to support him in getting better.
He’s been to 2 different exotic vets already; 1 recommended him to be put to sleep after 2 weeks hospitalisation there (he wasn’t eating at the time) and the 2nd opinion vet did not agree and sent him home with us with meds and advice on how to get him better.
Since coming back home he is now eating very well but other than this he is unfortunately very, very sleepy and lethargic and this is why I’m worried.
The trouble I’ve got is that he’s never been kept indoors before so the indoor enclosure we’ve currently got for him when the weather is bad is very makeshift and unsuitable. I’m aware we need to get a proper one built for him ASAP so we can monitor temps etc but I need advice please on the size, materials it needs to be built from, substrate.. basically everything.
I haven’t got measurements for him at the moment which I know will be needed for the enclosure size but I’ll attach photos of him to give you some idea of his size in the meantime.
As I said, my second post below goes into much more detail – I just didn’t want to make my first one too long and unreadable.
Thanks in advance.
Laura