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Mister tortoise sounds stressed. He might benefit from a "turtle house" - a box or a large log or something to hide in. You also should cover part of his habitat with a bark substrate so he can get out of the sand when he wants.
Tortoises aren't extremely active, you might just be missing when he is moving around the most (in the morning and evening). Once he learns when feeding time is (such as when you turn on the lamp in the morning) he should tumbling over somewhat eagerly. If he's coming to eat, he's probably fine.
Be sure to vary his diet a little bit - lots of greens (no pale greens like iceburg lettuce), chopped up carrots, peas, etc, and turtle pellets if he'll eat them. Using a little calcium dust on his food will work better than calcium sand too (reptiles don't "absorb" calcium).
Hope your tortoise gets to feeling better.
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