Hatchling Health?
Posted: 26 Mar 2021, 17:34
Updated to add photos
Hi everyone,
My first post and first Tortoise.
We have a Hermann’s approx 9-10 months old.
We have had her 3 weeks and she has gained 10g which has alarmed me. Looking for some advice from you as experts!
Observations:
looks healthy and bright. She’s fairly active. Nostrils clear and shell looks healthy.
She passes stools every other day, sometimes moss green and a little soft; sometimes black and fairly solid.
I’ve never seen her pass urine - do they do this in their bath?
Only other observation since I’ve had her is that her claws seem to have grown so much.
So I’m thinking...do I need to cut back on her food? Or is it possible she was malnourished and is just catching up??
Facts:
Weighed 60g when we got her, 66g a week later
70g 10 days later.
Claws grown significantly
She feeds daily on one of the following: Curley kale, watercress, kos lettuce, lambs lettuce.(we are growing weeds too)
Lives in an open top wooden chest approx 4.5feet long and 1 foot deep
Fresh water always available
Basks at 92F hot end; her cool end is 75 F.
She has a zoo med BB-55E Tortoise block which I have never seen her use.
She has a bath every day for 5-10 mins but then wants to climb out. 85 F.
Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone,
My first post and first Tortoise.
We have a Hermann’s approx 9-10 months old.
We have had her 3 weeks and she has gained 10g which has alarmed me. Looking for some advice from you as experts!
Observations:
looks healthy and bright. She’s fairly active. Nostrils clear and shell looks healthy.
She passes stools every other day, sometimes moss green and a little soft; sometimes black and fairly solid.
I’ve never seen her pass urine - do they do this in their bath?
Only other observation since I’ve had her is that her claws seem to have grown so much.
So I’m thinking...do I need to cut back on her food? Or is it possible she was malnourished and is just catching up??
Facts:
Weighed 60g when we got her, 66g a week later
70g 10 days later.
Claws grown significantly
She feeds daily on one of the following: Curley kale, watercress, kos lettuce, lambs lettuce.(we are growing weeds too)
Lives in an open top wooden chest approx 4.5feet long and 1 foot deep
Fresh water always available
Basks at 92F hot end; her cool end is 75 F.
She has a zoo med BB-55E Tortoise block which I have never seen her use.
She has a bath every day for 5-10 mins but then wants to climb out. 85 F.
Thanks in advance!