I need help, I am looking after a tortoise while the owner is away and cannot get him to eat
I have tried all sorts, given him warm baths and he does have a heat lamp
He seems to be losing weight but otherwise very active and healthy
Any ideas ?
(09-06-2010 10:49 PM)MyMoggy Wrote: [ -> ]I need help, I am looking after a tortoise while the owner is away and cannot get him to eat
I have tried all sorts, given him warm baths and he does have a heat lamp
He seems to be losing weight but otherwise very active and healthy
Any ideas ?
I'd try putting this under a separate title so that people will see it and hopefully offer help.
Is this a young tortoise you are caring for or an adult? Are you caring for it in you own home or the tortoises home? If it's out of it's comfort zone, then often they will not eat for weeks. If the habitat is the same as it's used to then try increasing or decreasing the hot spot where he basks so that it is around 30 - 32 degrees. So long as your firend is not away for more than a couple of weeks then I would not worry too much. Do make sure though that it is kept well hydrated by giving baths as you say you are, on a daily basis.
Hope this helps
(09-06-2010 11:46 PM)wizzasmum Wrote: [ -> ] (09-06-2010 10:49 PM)MyMoggy Wrote: [ -> ]I need help, I am looking after a tortoise while the owner is away and cannot get him to eat
I have tried all sorts, given him warm baths and he does have a heat lamp
He seems to be losing weight but otherwise very active and healthy
Any ideas ?
I'd try putting this under a separate title so that people will see it and hopefully offer help.
Is this a young tortoise you are caring for or an adult? Are you caring for it in you own home or the tortoises home? If it's out of it's comfort zone, then often they will not eat for weeks. If the habitat is the same as it's used to then try increasing or decreasing the hot spot where he basks so that it is around 30 - 32 degrees. So long as your firend is not away for more than a couple of weeks then I would not worry too much. Do make sure though that it is kept well hydrated by giving baths as you say you are, on a daily basis.
Hope this helps
Thankyou, this has made me feel a lot better.. I think the main problem lies in the fact that 'Selby' is staying at ours while his humans are away and our place isn't as warm or as light as his usual abode. He sets off on his walkabouts and loses heat too quickly.. I shall see if I can devise a way of sectioning off a decent space for him with an extra heater.. If that fails I shall be back. He has btw been one of the family for aprox 2 -3 yrs now and has grown a lot since I first met him as a baby.
Thanks again
(09-23-2010 06:42 PM)martinbenzo Wrote: [ -> ]The turtles seem to really like the fruit. However, fruit in general poor and minerals is wrong with the relationship of calcium and phosphorus, they should be offered as about 5% of the diet. Turtles enjoy melons, grapes, apples, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, raspberries, bananas and taste, mango, papaya, prickly pear fruit and tomatoes.
Are you talking turtles or tortoises here - fruit is certainly not good for tortoises unless redfoots or other tropicals.
Hi,
I have the below flowers growing in my garden & Daz & Bobbi love them
Mimulus, Rose petals, Fushia's, Anthirrunums, Pansy, Gazania, Petunias, Nemesia, aswell as the usual weed flowers Dandelion, Clover, Buttercups & Sow Thistles. Indoors we grow a Opunia Cactus.
Hayles