Peytons torts
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I received 5 10 year old eastern hermanns tortoises back in November from a guy in England one of my females (Jane) is not very active when I open their door to get out she doesn't wake up and walk around unless I take her out of Their night box and place her on the dirt I looked at her eyes and her eyes are sunken in I heard somewhere that sunken eyes are usually from a bad bulb or dehydration but I don't have a bulb on the adults and when I soak her she does drink a lot and her urates come out like a toothpaste consistency and I also heard when their urates come out chalky they are dehydrated but hers show that she is hydrated but her eyes don't
If I don't take her out of the house she can stay in there for days without moving because one week I was running to school late like every day so I didn't have time to take each tortoise out to the dirt individually so I just lined them up so I can open the door without hitting them and opened the door I didn't move Jane because she was in the corner and the door would pass her anyway and when I got home and it was time to put them away she was in the same spot I woke her up and fed he r some clover because she was asleep all day lol big and I did that for that week
My question is why is she showing signs of dehydration but not at the same time
Here is a pic of their enclosure
The one in the water is not Jane that is a different female
Here is a pic of Jane
I don't have a pic of her eyes because they don't show up on camera
If I don't take her out of the house she can stay in there for days without moving because one week I was running to school late like every day so I didn't have time to take each tortoise out to the dirt individually so I just lined them up so I can open the door without hitting them and opened the door I didn't move Jane because she was in the corner and the door would pass her anyway and when I got home and it was time to put them away she was in the same spot I woke her up and fed he r some clover because she was asleep all day lol big and I did that for that week
My question is why is she showing signs of dehydration but not at the same time
Here is a pic of their enclosure
The one in the water is not Jane that is a different female
Here is a pic of Jane
I don't have a pic of her eyes because they don't show up on camera