zlamanna41
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- Mar 17, 2016
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Hey guys im no professional with tortoises but i try my best to keep my guy happy. Ive had him for 17 years. (Since i was 5)... my turtle is very ill. We went out of town for 3 days. Before we left one of my kids switched his uve bulb from the timer to permanently on, the news also predicted the weather to be way colder than it was so we had the heat set to 68 but when we got home it was 77 in the house. On top of all this the person who was supposed to come feed him never did. Now with his symptoms. Hes just all messed up and i feel like a terrible person his eyes are very swollen back legs are fully extended out and he wont retract them. He keeps opening his mouth slightly and his eyes don't looked focused. I gave him some apples earlier and he ate 7 small bites. Now he is slowly eating some very wet kale but he's only taken 2 bites in the last ten minutes and he keeps sitting there and closing his eyes between bites. His back legs also look swollen. I feel really bad for my guy it makes me feel like a terrible owner and i hope he's not in pain. I cant take him to the vet until this weekend and even then ill be using all the money i have to do so. But if its do his health its important. Im thinking maybe uvb overexposure or heat exhaustion. What can i do until this weekend to help him? Is there any hope he will get better? I use a powers in uvb bulb for 8 hours a day. Also before all this happend he did get puffy eyes every now and again.