I did contact Northwest Zoopath, haven't heard back yet.
This Small Exotic Animal Necropsy page includes this statement: Includes small non-avian species exotics and all reptiles.
They offer this Small Exotic Animal Necropsy to which I'll add this histologic evaluation.
Total cost looks like it should be around $200 plus whatever overnight shipping runs me. Well worth it.
No worries at all!
My WSU WADDL account was approved, so it looks like I'll be able to send one of the torts in for testing. I read that they prefer refrigerated & fresh samples, but they are still able to work with frozen samples.
I'll set aside some time this week to review all the...
The veterinarian I reached out to replied that they can't help, but told me WSU performs that testing. It's not clear if WSU offers the service to the public or just to folks associated with WSU, but I created an account and will order a Small Exotic Animal Necropsy if I'm able to.
I also...
Thanks for the info Tom. I gave an honest account of my setup and wanted blunt candor to learn from mistakes.
I had no idea that a pair would be stressful. Is a group as small as three ok?
Understood on no fruit - we only gave it as a last ditch effort to try to get them to eat something...
We received a pair of young adult Dalmatian Hermann's tortoises on 10/5/23.
The first tortoise stopped eating & then died on 12/31/23, and now the second stopped eating and died on 1/19/24, about 2.5 months after we began caring for them.
I'd appreciate a read through the description below and...