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I fouund my lepoard tortoise upside down under the heat lamp

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Question
I have no idea if he was like that for 2 hours or 24 i was gone for a day. he is not eating and very slow. when i found him his belly was very warm. his shell is also soft kind of squeezable. one day ago it was like a rock what can I do

Answer
A lot of this depends on the size of the tortoise, and what exactly happened.

In general, if he is acting OK, he is probably OK.

I would follow up with this by posting the question at http://www.tortoiseforum.org where there are other experienced keepers you can discuss this with in more depth.