Whayla
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I just checked on my young red footed tortoise, Tortuga. She is making a squeaking noise when she breathes and it is really freaking me out. I have done research and heard that this is usually a sign of a RI.
She was not making this sound yesterday, so I'm really worried. She has been eating very well, as usual, and hasn't seemed to have a loss in energy either. She has been wandering around her tortoise palace and seems to be as normal as ever. The day before yesterday I cleaned her table so it is all fresh and clean, but that is the only thing I have done to her recently. (Besides her usual soaks of course). The substrate I used is the same kind I have been using since I adopted her; a mixture of coco coir and cypress mulch. She has her usual "spoil me" attitude going on, but I am really worried about the sounds she is making.
I may be freaking out a little.
I really just need input and maybe a few calming words. Anything helps.
Thank you.
She was not making this sound yesterday, so I'm really worried. She has been eating very well, as usual, and hasn't seemed to have a loss in energy either. She has been wandering around her tortoise palace and seems to be as normal as ever. The day before yesterday I cleaned her table so it is all fresh and clean, but that is the only thing I have done to her recently. (Besides her usual soaks of course). The substrate I used is the same kind I have been using since I adopted her; a mixture of coco coir and cypress mulch. She has her usual "spoil me" attitude going on, but I am really worried about the sounds she is making.
I may be freaking out a little.
I really just need input and maybe a few calming words. Anything helps.
Thank you.