well i tried for almost 2 weeks to get ahold of my vet, finally got a appt then they called me to cancel it! so I had to do it myself so to speak.Her eyes( I call her she but we dont know her sex just yet) were swollen shut and she wasnt eating so I bought some turtle eye drops and upped her temps a little, changed her substrate to white paper towels and added a humid hide to her tank..I wasnt using a tank until she got sick but I needed a way to keep the humidity up just enough and her temps right- I plan on putting her in with my older russians when she gets a bit bigger, they have a huge walk in closet as thier "room" the advice you got from bradtort sounds right- he is good he knows his stuff. you should try and up the temps a little and maybe even try somthing bright yellow like squash or carrots to maybe get him a little more interested in eating ...I have heard a occasional fruit snack is ok but some pple say no fruit at all ..but if it gets them to eat maybe try it mixed with thier greens?
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~~*Erica*~~
1 puppy-cocoa
1 cat-Livvie
1 chinchilla-Lilo
3 Russian tortoises-baby,Calvin & Hobbs
1 Home's hingeback-Elephant
5 lil monkeys Jake,Matt,Amber rose,Zach,Kaitlin Grace
oh yeah and my husband Dave :0)
and 3 fish aquariums

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• Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - -ryan-, Thu Mar 23 09:13:54 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - bradtort, Thu Mar 23 09:35:31 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - -ryan-, Thu Mar 23 09:49:47 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - bradtort, Thu Mar 23 10:13:10 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - cutesyturtle, Thu Mar 23 13:36:52 2006
• sorry about all the typos - cutesyturtle, Thu Mar 23 13:39:43 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - -ryan-, Thu Mar 23 13:55:51 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - melgrj7, Thu Mar 23 17:03:42 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - -ryan-, Thu Mar 23 20:07:24 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - melgrj7, Fri Mar 31 22:29:50 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite - -ryan-, Sat Apr 1 07:51:21 2006
• quick question too... - -ryan-, Thu Mar 23 13:57:15 2006
• RE: quick question too... - cutesyturtle, Thu Mar 23 14:29:47 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - melgrj7, Thu Mar 23 17:02:08 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - cutesyturtle, Thu Mar 23 17:23:20 2006
• RE: Sudden lethargy and lack of appetite.... - melgrj7, Fri Mar 31 22:32:59 2006