Bulbabye.
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Hello everyone,
I was hoping I could get some advice!
I have a 3 year old Russian tortoise (horsfield) . And for the past 3 weeks her appetite has diminished, some days she will just have a few bites of one leaf or she will not eat at all for several days despite giving her fresh weeds everyday, I also have plants in her enclosure ( praying plant and fern plant ) which she can eat but she has not eaten. I have also started to let her soak everyday since her lack of appetite so she is not dehydrated. Her temp is in normal range even at night . Current temp under her lamp is 35 for basking and her cold side is 17.
She is not showing any signs of illness either which is a positive and she is active .
But i am just concerned about her lack of eating as normally she ravishes everything in sight.
Her enclosure is also over 4ft and she has a water dish and a slate where her weeds go on.
She also has a hide .
I have tried to tempt her with food and she is eating currently when someone else gave it her …
Any advice on why she has stopped eating?
Is she trying to hibernate or brumate ?
The last time I weighed her she was around 400g but she feels a lot lighter now since shes stopped eating.
I was hoping I could get some advice!
I have a 3 year old Russian tortoise (horsfield) . And for the past 3 weeks her appetite has diminished, some days she will just have a few bites of one leaf or she will not eat at all for several days despite giving her fresh weeds everyday, I also have plants in her enclosure ( praying plant and fern plant ) which she can eat but she has not eaten. I have also started to let her soak everyday since her lack of appetite so she is not dehydrated. Her temp is in normal range even at night . Current temp under her lamp is 35 for basking and her cold side is 17.
She is not showing any signs of illness either which is a positive and she is active .
But i am just concerned about her lack of eating as normally she ravishes everything in sight.
Her enclosure is also over 4ft and she has a water dish and a slate where her weeds go on.
She also has a hide .
I have tried to tempt her with food and she is eating currently when someone else gave it her …
Any advice on why she has stopped eating?
Is she trying to hibernate or brumate ?
The last time I weighed her she was around 400g but she feels a lot lighter now since shes stopped eating.