churlishcurls
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007 is an adult Russian tortoise - male, but gets called a lady. We took her to the vet for a beak trim and check up about 3 weeks ago, and everything worked out fine for her. She was put under. However, since the visit, she hasn't been eating much at all - a few nibbles or noses the pieces around every couple days. I figured it was stress, but it's continued.
We've dropped her lamp (now suspended from the wall, not a clamp fixture) a little bit to raise the basking temp (high 90s) and changed the bulb to ensure she's getting her full UV exposure. We've refreshed her substrate. I bathe her when possible (some urates/no feces) and I've been varying her food options as usual. She will still go for carrot with all gusto, so I've been shaving small bits of it in to whatever I'm trying to feed her for the day.
If she's up and about in the afternoon, I'll offer her some fresh greens by hand, which sometimes she'll eat and sometimes she'll get territorial and head bob or retreat to her hides.
Not certain what else to do presently, and I'd welcome an outside perspective.
Photos of her enclosure included, as well as temp data from her cool hide side.
We've dropped her lamp (now suspended from the wall, not a clamp fixture) a little bit to raise the basking temp (high 90s) and changed the bulb to ensure she's getting her full UV exposure. We've refreshed her substrate. I bathe her when possible (some urates/no feces) and I've been varying her food options as usual. She will still go for carrot with all gusto, so I've been shaving small bits of it in to whatever I'm trying to feed her for the day.
If she's up and about in the afternoon, I'll offer her some fresh greens by hand, which sometimes she'll eat and sometimes she'll get territorial and head bob or retreat to her hides.
Not certain what else to do presently, and I'd welcome an outside perspective.
Photos of her enclosure included, as well as temp data from her cool hide side.