Rocky219
Active Member
Hi everyone! Sorry if I make a lot of posts lol but my 4-5 year old female torotise Rocky has recently been acting very lethargic. It started suddenly about a week ago. She spent the whole day burrowed under the basking light and has been doing it everyday since. I have increased the 100 watt light to 150 watt. My temperature guns are getting readings of 100 to 110. However she is still always burrowed under there. I also replaced my T5 UVB with a new one in case that was causing her to be lethargic. She is eating fine and pooping fine. Could this be parasites? A typical day for her before all this would be her basking some then walking around the enclosure and eating. Now she spends all day burrowed beneath the light and only comes out for food. I give her 3 or 4 soaks a week and the humidity is usually in the mid 60s. I feed her escarole, chicory, bok chocolate, mustard greens, collard greens, testudo seed mix, mazuri 2 or 3 times a week and calcium 2 or 3 times a week. The thing that's puzzling me the most is why she's always under the basking light even though it's hot enough. Any responses are appreciated and feel free to ask questions!