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    Possible Renal Failure?

    Since I made this post she has made a dramatic recovery. It meant force feeding her for about a month (only a syringe in her mouth, not a tube to the stomuch) and force feeding her water with vitamins and minerals added. She had some courses of antibotics too but we never found the source of the...
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    Advice on outdoor tortoise enclosure - Hermanns

    Hi everyone, I have two Hermanns, one is 11 and about 20cm and the other is 4 and about 12cm. They currently live indoors in a tortoise table but the larger one needs more space now he is bigger and I have built him an outdoor enclosure. It is about 1.5m x 3m. Its the biggest I can do in my...
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    Possible Renal Failure?

    @Yvonne G isn't tortoise wee white/clear...? my older one has a clear liquid and a white pasty bit in. Does the photo of the wee look ok to you? The vets seemed to agree that was bad, and her uric acid levels were far to high. I have actually suddenly seen improvement today where she has done...
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    Possible Renal Failure?

    I just don't know where to go from here... How will I know if she will get better? It might be important to add when I get her out, on the floor or in the garden etc she will move around. She is slow but she does move
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    Possible Renal Failure?

    I have had her for 2 and a half years, so I got her when she was 6 months on, upon reflection she probably did not come from the best place, but then again the other one came from there too and he is fine. I am sure it is kidney problems at this point, I just don't know what to do about it? I...
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    Possible Renal Failure?

    Sorry I can't seem to edit it anymore and my photos have gone. So here they are again: the first one is of my 10 year old tortoise and as u can see his shell is healthy whereas the last one shows the 3 year old who's shell is not forming normally
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    Possible Renal Failure?

    Hi everyone, This is going to be a long story, but basically I need help trying to workout what is wrong with my tortoise. I have been to the vets but everything they have suggested doesn't seem to be making any difference. BACKGROUND INFO: I have a 3 year old Hermanns tortoise, she lives...
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