Hi Yvonne, thanks for your reply. I don't know why the antibiotics either. I wondered about that. I don't know what all the vet tested for but this vet is listed as one of the ones to go to on the official AZ site for tortoises and happens to be just down the road from me. If I assist him...
Oh, here's a video. Ok, no video-- file too large. Think antalgic gait, clunking onto shell, increased full body effort sometimes with several tries prior to advancing.
Hi, my ~7 yr old Sonoran desert tortoise came to me about 3yrs ago. He seemed to be fine until ~1-2 mo ago when he started having problems walking. He would kind of collapse on his left hind leg. I also noticed spending more time sitting in the open in his shell and not deficating as much...