Hope he will get better soon. Have any of us ever wonder the wild population of these torts ever get RI? and how do they get well on their own without the help from modern medicine?
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That is the reason for the big die-off of desert tortoises in the Mojave desert. They are suffering from URDS (upper respiratory distress syndrome). They get sick and die.

Yvonne

Bob has just finished his last shot today!!!! one thing that worries me is i think he lost a toe! has anyone ever had this happen when useing baytril? will it grow back?

Should i go to the vet to see why his toe fell off?
will the claw grow back?

There have been instance of the tissue dying off around the injection site when using Baytril, but unless you were injecting him in his foot, I wouldn't think losing a toe was related to the injection.

Your tortoise will be fine with a missing toe, and no, I doubt the claw will grow back. Is the foot raw where the toe used to be?

Yvonne

it didn't bleed or anything but you can tell the toe recently came off

poor guy! Does it seem to bother him at all?

nope. he acts the same as before. it was just by chance that i noticed

Is it scabbed or an open sore? If open I would put some meds on it.

it dosnt look scabed. what type of meds? why would his toe fall off?