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My 2 year old leopard tort spends a fair amount of time sleeping. I don't know if this is normal or not, the thing that worries me is her eyes.

When ever I check on her, her eyes are usually closed. It seems to take a long time for her to get them open. Sometimes I have to soak her to get her to open them. Other than that, she is normal. She eats great, poops great, when her eyes are open....
they are clear and bright.

She lives in a tort table, with a mercury vapor bulb, proper temps ( high and low)

She eats a varied diet (hay, grass, opuntia, dandilion,)
Fortified with calcium and multi vitamins.

Any idea whats up with her?
She's been this way a while, still growing and eating.

Thanks for any ideas.

had she ever gets to see the sun (not the mercury type) and smells the roses?

Hi,

She gets to go outside aprox 5 days per week during the good months. I live in Virginia, USA, so the winter is too cold.
The nights here are too damp, so I bring her and her partner in.

I have a tortoise table inside and a pen outside.

Thanks

Having trouble to open the eyes often has to do with too low humidity.
A lot of keepers nowadays seem to agree, that even arid habitat tortoise species profit from a humid hide. You can build one easily by making a little hide from a half flower pot or an upside down Rubbermade container of the appropriate size, with a hole as a door cut out. You can then half fill it with moistened spaghnum moss, which holds moisture very well, or a soil / leaf mold mix (a bit messier). If you offer even two or three of these (depending on the size of your enclosure), then your tort can take advantage in the different temperature zones of your enclosure.
Hope that helps,
Gaby