I had a beautiful little tortoise just like this for a depressingly short time. My best friend was moving home to the motherland and couldn't take the little cutie with her. I ended up owning him/her/it 3 times longer than my friend, but I guess I didn't take good enough care of her. She refused to eat anything her vitamins were sprinkled on, and eventually I was just desperate to get food into her that I'd leave them off in the hopes that she'd eat her veggies. There were no reptile vets anywhere near me at the time, and I didn't even realise she was sick until it was too late.

To anyone with a tortoise! Apparently you can force feed them their vitamins with droppers, or even do eye drops to get them in that way (obviously a different type of vitamin, not a watery-powder solution!). I was/am still heartbroken over the little creature, I loved her to bits.

Make sure you get those vitamins in, and make sure they get plenty of UV light. If your tortoise seems lethargic or has a loss of appetite, they need help straight away. It took less than 2 weeks for a serious decline in Little Foot, and it's been 2 years and I'm still heartbroken.