New baby Sullivan
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Poor baby [emoji856]
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Maybe that's a good sign? Even though he isn't eating, at least his digestive tract is moving something through.
I hope so. I’m freaking out waiting for the vet to call me back.
The vet thinks it’s because he was so dehydrated that the fluids were cleaning out his system. And not to worry just yet but if it continues he’s going to check for parasites.
Hopefully @Bee62 will cross her fingers. When Opo was lost she crossed them and Opo was found. Good luck still praying for the little guy
Looks like very slimy and watery poop. Much to little for a sulcata baby. Seems to me that he hasn`t eaten for a long time. He is extremly thin. Poor, poor baby.
My fingers are still crossed for him.
I hope the wet towel paper help him. You can add baby carrot food on the wet paper too.
Thank you Ray for your kind words.
Yes, my fingers are crossed for the little sick tort too. It is heartbreaking to see the baby in such a bad shape.
Can you try too feed him some drops of baby carrot food with a syringe without a needle ? With a small syringe you can gently open his mouth ( try it from the side ) and give him some drops of the baby carrot food directly in the mouth.
I will try that today. I will see if the vet has a small syringe I could have so that i don't have to pry his mouth open to far. Are there other foods I can feed that way too?
All food that you can get so smooth that you can feed it through a syringe. Maybe Mazuri because it is high in nutrition ?
Maybe the VET has something special. I have seen here on the forum a special food for sick tortoises called "critical care " or something linke this. I can`t remember so exactly.
I looked into critical care yesterday but I wasn't sure. I will ask the vet today.
yAyyyy! Y’all got lots of prayers and peeps rooting for ya!
Robivens
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Good luck with Sullivan. The medication is Reptile Criticare. It is a 2 to 1 mix that should have the consistency of pancake batter. I know this because I lost a baby Sulcata that I purchased from a Florida online store in April. My son and I had just lost a 2 year old Sulcata (bad year) so I ordered two from the comany. Everything was fine for a month or so and then Bronx developed a cyst. This led to me joining this forum but I could not figure out how to upload pics. Against my better judgement (my son insisted) I had my wife take Bronx to the vet. Based on appearance the cyst was lanced (the head Vet later told me it was scraped) and we assumed he would be fine. When we noticed that there was a significant size difference between Bronx and Goliath we again became concerned. We took him to one of our local reptile shops and noticed that there was a large yellow cyst in Bronx’s mouth that affected his breathing. We removed the cyst and Bronx was soaked, given baby food and pedialyte. We went to another vet and she said that my treatment is what she would have recommended. She gave me antibiotics, the Reptile Criticare and pain medicine. The vet believes that Bronx had a genetic defect or reptile herpes. My family and I brought both Sulcata’s with us for the drive from Ohio to Orlando and Bronx did not make it. I called the reptile store where I purchased Bronx since we were in Florida and they showed no interest. Visited another reptile store in Florida and the owner confirmed the vets suspicions and was surprised that the other store would not do anything. He informed me that Sulcata’s do not need to be in pairs but I bought another anyway. Goliath has been with Hercules for a week. So far so good. I was not trying to hijack Sullivan’s thread but Bronx had similar symptoms and wanted to share what the vets gave me, course of action, etc. The vets saw pics of my enclosure, food, Goliath, etc and feel like it was an anomaly. The 2nd pic is Goliath and Hercules. The 1st pic is the late Bronx.
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Sad! I'm sorry for your loss and thank you for the advice it is much appreciated. Sully I bought knowing he was going to be a challenge because he was nearly lifeless. He seems to be doing better but you never know with these guys. Until he starts eating I cant get my hopes up to much.
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We're praying for him here in SoCal! [emoji120]
Dianne iin South Florida
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I know I am really new too on the forum and I hope I don't sound silly but are you sure it has eyes? Deformities are found in every live being. I wish you the best of luck and with your skills, It sounds like you will do all that is possible to bring this tortoise to live a natural life. Keep us posted to any changes.
yes it was definitely his eyes. Just the smallest slit opened on his right eye but he was looking around.
