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Buggzter
at Tue Jan 22 12:02:56 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Buggzter ]
Sorry I can't post pics, but I'm looking for suggestions on this.  I've never had a tortoise or turtle before, and we're nursing a 2.5"-shelled red foot. (Long story short, we get to buy from a pet store and pay a touch over cost for what we order, and in return we occasionally take in an ill animal for TLC they don't have the man-power to do being short on employees)
He had been in a 10 gallon with cypress (I think) mulch, an excellent diet of greens (some meat once a week), water access, a good hide, proper lighting, but with two sulcatas in the same tank (all of same size /- 1/4" . He hadn't been seen eating for a couple days, was usually sitting in a corner away from the others, and just yesterday he wasn't able to open his eyes. There had been another red foot in the tank that had died a day after being removed for not looking very well.
I brought him home last night and soaked him in the bathtub for about 20 minutes. After about 10 his eyes were open again and he was exploring the entire tub. I presently have him in a plastic tub about the size of a 10gal on paper towels, and he ate about 2 green beans last night (I put in a variety to tempt him, and that's what he went for). He's eating again today, and no signs of problems. Well, the top of his head looks a little dry (dry-skin looking), and the underside of his shell has a couple parts that look a bit drawn like puckered skin around a wound, though there's no wound or evidence of one.
I THINK he was just stressed at the store with the sulcatas, but then the other red foot died a couple days ago. Is there anything specific I should look for? Anything I should do each day for him other than let him get some REAL Florida sun (Bradenton) and give him a good veggie variety to choose from (and basking area, or course)? Thanks for the help!
~Krystie
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 young red foot - illness? - Buggzter, Tue Jan 22 12:02:56 2008
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