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HI guys... I just wanted to check in and let you know that little Ernie is going great! He weighed 55 grams upon arrival (Feb 2016) and yesterday weighed in a 172 grams :) He is always on the move and eats and poops like a rock star. I was told by the vet not to get too attached when he...

Hi all! Some updates... Ernie is doing well. (s)he is a slow steady grower weighing in today (7/30/16) at 91 grams. Here are some photos: my older son holding him.... odd white circle designs have started to appear... hopefully this is just beautiful and not a health issue. smile :) I...

thanks for asking how Ernie is doing... slow (I guess steady) progress. He is at 76 grams (but only a net gain of 2 this past month!) this surprises me since the weather has been prefect for a leo here in PA and he has had lots of outside time with all the greens a little tort can munch. A few...

Ernie has been with us about 6 weeks... here are some progress photos: Notice how Ernie has RUBBER DUCKIES on his shell... that's right... he wears his name well: I'm hoping this represents smooth new growth: Notice how he opens his eyes and I think they look pretty great:

we're in PA also can't wait to get this little guy of mine outside for long stretches of time. So far we've only been able to manage 15 minutes or so at a time.

I'll post some pictures in the next day or too... I'm so completely inept with technology it feels like a big arduous task ;) Looking at the calendar I realize that Ernie has been in our home for exact a month! Also was was warm enough that he got outside for stomping and non-stop eating...

learn something new everyday - THANKS :)

thanks for asking! Well.. the scale says he lost 2 grams, but I'm wondering that is due to my not having weighed him at the same time (after eating for example) as the week before. He seems happy and active. Eating and pooping plenty :) His one eye looks normal and the other is less...

good looking kid you have there!

here are some updated photos of Ernie's eye... the right one is pretty terrible. The left one is much better. Looking back though, I guess it isn't much worse than when he arrived. He had one round of antibiotics and a second de-worming medication. I haven't seen any worms in his poop in...

thanks for the encouragement! :) I'll upload some photos tonight!

well... the obvious sign was that both my torts literally had worms in their stools. The first on never ate and then finally the day before he expired had blood on his nose. The second guy actually is pretty hardy seeming. He eats and stomps around plenty. His eyes caused others (with more...

Thanks Andrew! Everyone should know that Andrew has been very responsive to my emails and was very kind to offer a replacement and then a refund. Neither of which were owed. As a tortoise owner, we understand there is an element of risk when buying an animal. This thread is not meant to in...

Thanks @Kasia :) I appreciate the kind words! I just kissed him goodnight (it's okay to kiss a tortoise on the back, right?!) Perhaps he will surprise us all with his fighting spirit!

He is eating :) And was nice and alert today... one eye is much worse than the other. I called the vet, emailed him some photos of his eyes and info... he asked that do a stool sample first (it was delivered this AM) and bring him in tomorrow so we should know more then. Stool sample...