Thought I’d post an update.....took Garnet back to the vet for another Oxytocin injection and this time it worked - well, half worked! She expelled six very soft eggs. Although she still has five left in her, she’s so much happier, eating loads and very active so I’m hoping she’ll lay the...
Well nothing has worked. It’s almost as if she’s too weak to even try. The vet said he could give her up to three Oxytocin injections but if they didn’t work it might be a case of surgery. I cannot imagine! Has anyone any experience of a c-section on a tortoise? She’s not that big (about...
I have a female ibera who I have been suspecting was egg bound due to the cold wet weather and the fact that she will always want to lay her eggs outside.
tonight I took her to the vet for an X-ray and she was found to have no less than 11 eggs in her. He gave her an oxytocin injection but so...