Neil W
New Member
Morning guys new to the site, just wanted to talk to people about my tortoise as I am not on any social media, I don’t like humans as much as my animals lol
I rescued my tortoise about 5 months ago now, when I got her she has been left in the dark with no light for over a month and her shell was super soft. I took the entire enclosure off them an put the appropriate lighting etc in the tank. I have done my best with her and she looks much healthier now however she has a deformed shell. I have a few questions,
oh by the way her name is Shelly! I love her to bits and she is very active, she eats well and moves around her tank constantly, I bath her twice a week and feed her and give her fresh water daily. She is on a sand soil substrate about 6 inch deep how her recently I have added two slate slabs into the enclosure for her food and water bowl ( she gets soil everywhere and it spoils her food and drys out her water. Unfortunately due to her shell deformities she can not flip herself back over when she flips so I have had to take most of her decor out of her tank because I went to work one day and came home to her on her back, I almost had a heart attack! She was fine and I put a camera in there for the first couple of weeks and watched her intensely, since removing the decor she has not flipped since. I have placed a plant against the front of the enclosure so he can climb safely as he just loves to climb, does anyone have any advice of anything else I can do to make the enclosure more interesting for her, I am also interested to know what others think of her health, I can take pictures if anyone is interested in looking at her?
Thanks guys
Neil W
I rescued my tortoise about 5 months ago now, when I got her she has been left in the dark with no light for over a month and her shell was super soft. I took the entire enclosure off them an put the appropriate lighting etc in the tank. I have done my best with her and she looks much healthier now however she has a deformed shell. I have a few questions,
oh by the way her name is Shelly! I love her to bits and she is very active, she eats well and moves around her tank constantly, I bath her twice a week and feed her and give her fresh water daily. She is on a sand soil substrate about 6 inch deep how her recently I have added two slate slabs into the enclosure for her food and water bowl ( she gets soil everywhere and it spoils her food and drys out her water. Unfortunately due to her shell deformities she can not flip herself back over when she flips so I have had to take most of her decor out of her tank because I went to work one day and came home to her on her back, I almost had a heart attack! She was fine and I put a camera in there for the first couple of weeks and watched her intensely, since removing the decor she has not flipped since. I have placed a plant against the front of the enclosure so he can climb safely as he just loves to climb, does anyone have any advice of anything else I can do to make the enclosure more interesting for her, I am also interested to know what others think of her health, I can take pictures if anyone is interested in looking at her?
Thanks guys
Neil W