Percy is about 10" 7lbs. He lives outside in Southern Louisiana. He has the top of a doghouse set on cement as his burrow which he stays in and loves. He eats grass mostly, but I treat him to strawberry tops and hibiscus leaves and flowers.
I trust him not to eat anything poisonous in the yard, and he has been living outside by himself for almost two years. I only bring him in when it gets too cold for him.
He has a small dish of water that is always full, and it rains like every other day. He also has cuttlebone (which he hasn't touched in the past week or two that I have noticed).
The first month or so this summer he grew almost two inches and gained a pound or so. Then all of a sudden he just stopped growing - NO new growth! Not even a little bit.
Should I be concerned? I know he has been pooping because it is all over his house and the cement outside of it.
I think maybe he isn't getting out his house that much because it is too hot?? But he is getting out and eating - we seem him every now and then. (We aren't home during the day.)
What do you guys think? Is he just done with this spurt?
I trust him not to eat anything poisonous in the yard, and he has been living outside by himself for almost two years. I only bring him in when it gets too cold for him.
He has a small dish of water that is always full, and it rains like every other day. He also has cuttlebone (which he hasn't touched in the past week or two that I have noticed).
The first month or so this summer he grew almost two inches and gained a pound or so. Then all of a sudden he just stopped growing - NO new growth! Not even a little bit.
Should I be concerned? I know he has been pooping because it is all over his house and the cement outside of it.
I think maybe he isn't getting out his house that much because it is too hot?? But he is getting out and eating - we seem him every now and then. (We aren't home during the day.)
What do you guys think? Is he just done with this spurt?