Respiratory issues??

BigMak

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Hello! I recently adopted a 3-month-old African spurred tortoise. She is the love of my life I make sure everything is perfect, temperature ranging from 80-85F, basking spots ranging from 90- 100F, humidity at around 70-80%, and daily 15-minute baths in 80-90F water. She eats Timothy hay, dandelion greens, grass, and other occasional additions. I’m pretty sure I’m just overthinking but she occasionally makes a squeaking noise. It only happened when her mouth was either full of food or once while she was in the bath. I will attach a video, please tell me she’s okay!!https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B6XEeQ/
 

zovick

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Hello! I recently adopted a 3-month-old African spurred tortoise. She is the love of my life I make sure everything is perfect, temperature ranging from 80-85F, basking spots ranging from 90- 100F, humidity at around 70-80%, and daily 15-minute baths in 80-90F water. She eats Timothy hay, dandelion greens, grass, and other occasional additions. I’m pretty sure I’m just overthinking but she occasionally makes a squeaking noise. It only happened when her mouth was either full of food or once while she was in the bath. I will attach a video, please tell me she’s okay!!https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B6XEeQ/
The tortoise looks fine. The noise I heard was the upper and lower beaks rubbing against each other which happens at times. It sounds almost like fingernails squeaking on a blackboard.
 
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