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Good morning all. It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Tiny Tim's passing late last night. He became increasingly lethargic in the afternoon and even after a trip to the emergency vet to see Dr. Green for fluids, he was unable to pull through. I found him peacefully "sleeping" at...

Thank you @drew54! I have sat in the waiting room the last couple days with a woman who's sully is sick with the same thing and another lady who's turtle has pneumonia. Both of them are on the mend, so I'm taking this as proof that Dr. Green knows what she's doing. :) Tiny Tim saw Dr. Green...

Hello everyone!! Timmy went back to the vet today for his tube feeding and meds. They wormed him today as well to cover all the bases. Doc said she isn't worried about impaction at this point and is hoping between the tube feedings and wormer he'll start pooping soon. She also gave me a lot of...

Hi again! I just talked to the doc and she said she thinks he has an upper respiratory infection and some conjunctivitis. She gave him sub q fluids, and is going to tube feed him, as well as start an antibiotic. She said that we should offer him a drier, less humid side to his tote so he can be...

Hi all! Yesterday Timmy wouldn't eat at all yesterday, even outside. He really wasn't moving and would only open his eyes in his soak. I worried all night that this was the end, but he was alive and even moved around on his own a little this morning. We found an exotic vet (finally!!!) and I...

Thank you for responding! There's a ton of replies on here, so it's hard to see, but if you look back at my reply to wellington last night, you'll see I moved him to a small covered hospital tote. (pics are in the reply) The temps in the tote are 88-90 over where he is at and 83 on the other...

We've had this baby since the end of September so he's definitely over a month old. He has had issues growing. The led light in his tote is turned off around when the sun sets, and the heat lamp, which is a ceramic heat bulb that emits no light, is on a thermostat set to 90 degrees. The probe is...

Thank you! I think I'm gonna keep doing the carrot soaks daily since he's not eating enough at all. He is eating a few bites while he's out, but it's nowhere near what he usually eats or should be eating. We did stop the pedialyte. Although I'm considering a splash in today's soak so it'll...

He is still alive and he is shedding EVERYWHERE! What started as little flaking around his arm creases and neck has turned into full on shedding. Legs, neck, tail, even his little pooper (sorry don't know the technical term. lol) I don't know if the carrot soaks and pedialyte helped loosen it...

That's what I meant. It's the CVS brand of athlete's foot cream. Have you used it on torts before? I'm just worried about making him worse. He was still alive this morning when we got up. I decided last night that he is not allowed to die and I informed him of that fact as well. :) He is...

I don't have a coil bulb. We use a ceramic heat element in his tote. The eye/face rubbing has been a thing since we got him and he does it no matter where he is. In the yard or the tote, it doesn't matter. I always rinse his eyes in his soak to try and help in case it's irritation or something...

I am also wondering if there's a chance of this being a food issue...I've switched between a few different spring mixes over the last couple weeks trying to find one without so much spinach. I take the spinach out completely due to the calcium issues with it and then mix the rest with grass and...

Some of the peeling has only happened as of today and is partially my fault. He's being soaked a lot so his skin is soft and then I'm petting/rubbing him to wake him up (and love on him) and it's sloughing off. He also has a habit of rubbing his eyes and face with his legs and he's pulling off...

Pics of enclosure, temp readings, and really depressed tort attached. He definitely does not act normal outside in the yard- lots of naps and not as much movement as usual. He's just a little perkier and will actually eat some out there. In his tote he basically does not move at all. Today he...

Hello!! I created a new post about my VERY sick baby sully. You and Tom were so helpful on my last posts...I thought maybe you could take a look at this one and see what you think. I am so worried and I don't know what else to do. Any thoughts or suggestions are very much appreciated!!