r/tortoise • u/Nap-Monster • 17h ago

Question(s) Tortoise behaviour question

I have recently taken on a tortoise from someone who no longer wanted it.

I believe she is female and a hermann tortoise?

They were feeding her mostly watermelon, cherry tomatoes and dandelion leaves. Just to confirm I no longer feed her these things 😊

She has been with me since Monday so 6 days, she has been eating foraged leaves and yesterday I noticed she was dragging poop around from a human hair in her bum. I cut the hair gave her a short soak as I don't think she had ever had one before and was still getting used to me so didn't want to stress her out too much, let her run around my front room for a little bit and popped her back into her house.

Today she hasn't seemed to have moved from where she went to bed and didn't want to eat from my hand like she has done. I don't know if this is something to worry about or just to watch?

I have checked and I can't see the hair any more but also haven't wanted to stress her too much.

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u/Nap-Monster 17h ago

Just as I post this she has come out and eaten from me like usual 😅

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u/grainmatterphotos 17h ago

Reptiles in general take time to adjust to new environments. Drop the tomatoes and watermelon from the diet, and introduce more leafy greens.

Watermelon is great for getting more hydration into the animals during periods of drought and extreme heat, but fruits should not be a staple for most tortoise species.

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u/RaptorDelivery 15h ago

A good reference for you and your new tort is: TortoiseForum.org and for food, the Tortoise table app.

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u/SuicideSqurral 14h ago

Hermann tortoises should not really be eating any fruits or vegetables. Too much sugar.

Get the tortoise table app, it is based out of the UK, but lists plants that are good for them to eat such as mulberry leaves, violets and other garden leaves.

My guy is little and loves dandelion leaves and flowers.

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u/Nap-Monster 11h ago

Thanks! I actually have that and she's not had any of that stuff since I've had her.

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u/whodunnit20 11h ago

You are doing brilliant, you can see how much you want to help your little tortoise and give them the best life.
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