TanktheTortoise3
New Member
Hello all,
I have a pet redfoot tortoise named Tank that has not gained weight in a very long time—almost 4 months. I made a similar post a couple of months ago, but most responses said if he keeps eating, being active, and going to the bathroom he should take off soon, and he was doing this, but never did take off in weight. He remains at a weight of 65 grams. However, he seems like a healthy tortoise from what I have read, being very active, eating, solid and brown poop, and no visual discharge. He still eat and drinks daily along with being soaked everyday. He has slightly slowed down pooping, going from once a day to once every other day to now sometimes just 2-3 times a week. This varies by week however and will get on routines going everyday again. One thing I did notice though, was that he ate a lot, but had huge poops about 2x the size of his head, maybe meaning he didn’t fully digest and get the nutrients out of his food. Despite the good things, I feel this weight should still be a red flag. I am no expert on tortoise weights so I wrote a lot trying to see what other experts think about it. Responses would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
The owner of Tank the tortoise
I have a pet redfoot tortoise named Tank that has not gained weight in a very long time—almost 4 months. I made a similar post a couple of months ago, but most responses said if he keeps eating, being active, and going to the bathroom he should take off soon, and he was doing this, but never did take off in weight. He remains at a weight of 65 grams. However, he seems like a healthy tortoise from what I have read, being very active, eating, solid and brown poop, and no visual discharge. He still eat and drinks daily along with being soaked everyday. He has slightly slowed down pooping, going from once a day to once every other day to now sometimes just 2-3 times a week. This varies by week however and will get on routines going everyday again. One thing I did notice though, was that he ate a lot, but had huge poops about 2x the size of his head, maybe meaning he didn’t fully digest and get the nutrients out of his food. Despite the good things, I feel this weight should still be a red flag. I am no expert on tortoise weights so I wrote a lot trying to see what other experts think about it. Responses would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
The owner of Tank the tortoise