I got her last fall and she barely ever eats. She is about 3 years old, and I have fed her a variety of different foods. She eats some carrots, but that is it. I give her carrots, romaine lettuce, collard greens, and mustard greens. She seems to move around and such and she keeps a steady schedule of digging every morning. I have a 5.0 reptisun tube that runs the length of the tank, and a hot spot of around 90 degrees.
Can't get my Russian Tortoise to eat
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my frinds parents had a greek tortoise and it died due to the same thing she said that they were saposed to force feed it if it stoped eating and they didnt know. so it died. i hope the best, good luck
You need to take your toise to see a experienced exotic vet NOW! MANY things can be causing the simptons you descrive. A x-ray to see if there is a gastrointestinal blocage is mandatory. If all is ok then blood work,etc is needed. Also apart from the collard and mustard greens the diet your giving is inadecuate as is the way your keeping it, russian toises need outdoor enclosures to be healty and trive in the long term, indoors is only for quarentine and bad weather purposes. Serch the web, there are many sites on how to build adequate outdoor enclosures, and take your tort to see a vet ASAP before it becomes worse.
Its indoors because its winter and I live in Wisconsin. The diet I'm using I got off of http://russiantortoise.org/ . It was the first match that came up on google, and seems to have a lot of good info. I will look into finding a vet by me that deals with exotic pets.
sounds like the enclosure and the diet are fine to me, just go see a vet. I wish I could tell you more. good luck with your tortoise.
On a side note. Don't use a candle to heat up a frozen mouse for a snake. When it slips out of your hand it makes the room smell like burnt hair. I usually don't use that method to heat them up by the way.
coura;3812779; said:Ok I took a look at that care sheet and its mostly ok, but most letuces are a no-no, there is a place at the food chart were it says other good foods, thouse are the ones you should really try to aim for
Iceberg lettuce is the big one you will want to avoid but as far as romaine and collard greens and mustard greens go, you will be fine since they do carry some nutritional weight.