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Yes, that's what I thought after reading somewhere and stopped using it. I had used one before and never had problems, this was new and I think brighter. Vet adviced to put it on so I followed. Cocoa got a sticky eye like for 2 days when sick but when I took him to the check up he was ok and Vet...

Hello! Every time I go out to feed Cocoa I think I need to go and post an update but withy kids' schools ending it was a crazy last month. He is doing much better but def he lost some of his sight :( but well, he is very stubborn so I see how he tries, he climbs, omg he escaped his garden so...

Hello. I have always wondered about this like yeah what would they do in the free desert? but I come from Mexico and we eat cactus pads "nopales" very often there so I always knew to clean them with a knife so that's why I do with my "spineless" which yeah have a lot of fiberglass ones like...

Ahh something else, he has never eaten flowers, I bought hibiscus seeds 2 years ago to grow it myself, flowers came out beautifully, offered him many times, he never even touched them. He hasn't touch tomatoes either. My Mom and Grandma had tortoises since we were little and they always fed...

Thursday Apr, 12, 2018, so hungry. 2 weeks after being tube fed at Vet and 4 weeks since eating, coming out of hibernation and getting very ill. My daughter wanted to feed him yesterday too

Hello! Cocoa started eating on Thursday! I read something the night before (after he tried the strawberry) that tortoises eat in the morning and I remember that indeed Cocoa eats only in the mornings so I decided to wake him up after kids left for school and ofered him food, he loves cactus...

Hello, Thanks for your advices and comments, they help a lot to understand and to, again, practice patience. I took Cocoa outside again today, he wasn't asking but the day was warm and nice. I took a barrier he has on his garden and of course he walked that direccion as he tries to escape, I...

Hi RosemaryDW Yes I understand that an exotic animal Vet has to be way more expensive than a regular one, it just seem that the so far $600 we have shed in the last month in appointments, tests, re-checks and plus doesn't make me feel satisfied :( because if I ask something over the phone they...

Hello. Its been 13 days since the Vet tube fed my Cocoa and a week since the last (7 out of 7) antibiotic shot. He started moving more and awake after the last shot but to this day he hasn't eaten. On the recheck before the tube feeding he had gained a little weight and Vet said that was very...

Hello again to anyone reading this. Its Thursday 22, a week after Cocoa was liked passed out not moving not even trying to open his eyes, very sick. He started opening his eyes 2 days ago and moving a little but still he hasn't eaten. Just warm 30min baths everyday with carrots baby food...

@RosemaryDW Thank you so much for all your explanation, it really makes me feel more calmed and that is ok to have patience and just to wait, doing what we can and just hope for the best. I was very worried up until he got the first treatment at the vet's office, I told myself and my young...

Yes he has stayed inside our home since Thursday after I noticed the mucus, I got a plastic box with the heat/UV lights cause his wood pen is too big and we haven't used it all past year as he spent it outdoors free in his garden/backyard I had read about the pedialyte but to syringe force it...

Hello. Cocoa, my male young adult RT got sick this week after coming out of hibernation, he stayed Oct17-Mar18. I was afraid he was gonna be weak after a long hibernation so I set myself to find him for 2 days (as he moved from where I knew he was) and actually he found me! I was very happy to...

Hello my name is Ceci. We got a RT almost a year ago from the pet store for my daughter but I feel is more mine cause of course I take care of her as my daughter is very young. So our lovely RT's name is Cocoa, I learned by reading and from photos it is a she. Anyway, mu hubby build an indoors...