hi all going back a week ago i posted a thread as my horsfield wouldnt eat well here is my update and what it involved


YEY finally i got him to eat its took a while but we got there,it would have been 2 weeks today he hadent been eating, i have heated my living room up to 32c im boiling alive, i put some lollo rosso and dandelion leaves with rocket selection on my living room floor and he is munching away,
i will keep doing this untill he is eating properly and if this does the trick im going to up the temp in his tort table.... its currently ar 30-32,,

my partner said he is worse than our son,

i would just like to tkank every one who has advised me on the not feeding issue and i will keep updating you about his progress.
many many thanks again

ne tips or anyghing welcome

I'm so pleased... you must be over the moon

Don't wait though... up his temps in his table straight away! Aim for 33/34 under the basking area and 22/23 in the cold end.

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well done when ever a reptile does not eat then a temp raise is a good thing to try first

thank you again for advice

did not know about the temperature uping thing.

hope this works.

i am over the moon i thaught i was going to loose him fingers crossed

I would'nt go to the trouble of heating your whole house (or part of it) to 32C. Just blockade your tortoise into the warm area of his enclosure with a bit of wood. When the feeding is going well you can take the blockade down.

Humm... kinda like keeping a tortoise in a viv. I notice many keepers that I've met in the UK get around raising the temperatures in the tortoises enclosure during the cooler periods by blocking off the top of the enclosure until they get the temperatures they are looking for.

They then observe their pet through tiny little slots in the top of the enclosure... I've always wondered what the point of this was... why not just use a viv?

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Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Please correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't a horsfield aestevate (an therefore stop eating again) if it had no way of getting away from the basking temp heat to cool down?

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All med tortoises (whether describing horsefields as med tortoises is appropriate is another issue) will aestevate if it gets too hot. I don't keep horsefields and therefore am not an expert but I would have thought that for a short period of time and a nightime cool down my blocking remedy would work provided the temp was allowed to go much above 35C. Increased appetite and no aestevation.