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Hi everybody, I am new to the site and I am desperate for help. My new leopard tortoise baby is doing poorly and getting worse very fast, I got her online and she didn't look very healthy but she was pretty active so i was optimistic. Her plastron is becoming very soft and dark, It has never been hard but now it is getting worse, and she doesnt like to open her eyes... her diet is alot of dandelion greens and orchard hay, grass, i will sometimes mix in mustard greens(various greens), cactus and maybe a little bit of vegetables, and I do use a very small amount of calcium, but she hasn't eaten much the last two days.
Now that she is inside in the tort table for winter I have heat from 90 degrees on one end to 75 on the other. Maybe a bit warmer in the basking area. Soaking dish and a 10.0 uvb florescent. I know i am doing something wrong, but i dont know what, i took her to the vet for her eyes not wanting to open a while ago and he didnt seem to think it was much of a concern. My other tortoises are doing great indoors with all there tables set up the same but they are not tiny babies. I would appreciate any help and be as mean as you want. Thanks
Now that she is inside in the tort table for winter I have heat from 90 degrees on one end to 75 on the other. Maybe a bit warmer in the basking area. Soaking dish and a 10.0 uvb florescent. I know i am doing something wrong, but i dont know what, i took her to the vet for her eyes not wanting to open a while ago and he didnt seem to think it was much of a concern. My other tortoises are doing great indoors with all there tables set up the same but they are not tiny babies. I would appreciate any help and be as mean as you want. Thanks