Hi everyone
I am a pet sitter from Kent and I have been doing pop-ins on this tortoise for a couple of weeks now. The owner told me he is a rescue and they’re not sure what his breed is. I was hoping someone here may have some ideas so that we might better care for him.
He doesn’t really eat much. I’ve given the owner some advice about where to buy flowers and weeds that will be good for him. They’re on the waiting list right now so he’s still on supermarket greens and tortoise pellets.
He doesn’t move around much either (unlike my 2-year-old Hermann’s who charges about most of the day). And he doesn’t like people (gave me a good hiss when I picked him up for a bath).
They had to close off the hideaway end of his table because he kept flipping over in there at one point. So now he just sits in the corner until I put him in the bath.
I am a little worried mostly about his eating and activity levels. His poops are smaller than my baby tort’s and he’s about a quarter of this one’s size.
Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I am a pet sitter from Kent and I have been doing pop-ins on this tortoise for a couple of weeks now. The owner told me he is a rescue and they’re not sure what his breed is. I was hoping someone here may have some ideas so that we might better care for him.
He doesn’t really eat much. I’ve given the owner some advice about where to buy flowers and weeds that will be good for him. They’re on the waiting list right now so he’s still on supermarket greens and tortoise pellets.
He doesn’t move around much either (unlike my 2-year-old Hermann’s who charges about most of the day). And he doesn’t like people (gave me a good hiss when I picked him up for a bath).
They had to close off the hideaway end of his table because he kept flipping over in there at one point. So now he just sits in the corner until I put him in the bath.
I am a little worried mostly about his eating and activity levels. His poops are smaller than my baby tort’s and he’s about a quarter of this one’s size.
Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance!