I’ve been research tortoisetown online. I haven’t committed yet. There’s a weekly reptile show about an hour from us, but with the bad experience from before I’m apprehensive about it. Also (we sometimes just take the kids to walk around and look) in all the times we’ve been there it’s mainly...
Hello I was here about 6 months ago, we had purchased a red foot at a reptile show and unfortunately he passed away. We are preparing for a eastern Hermann. I’m concerned about how to keep the humidity level where it needs to be. We have a tortoise table. I am wondering if I should purchase...
Just an update.... he had been doing better was gaining weight. Past 2 days moving his substrate and moss around like crazy, not eating again but not lethargic.... so we upped his soaks to three times daily again. I just came home from work... on lunch.... Picked him up and noticed a piece of...
Omg! So I got home from doing a delivery (yes I’m a crazy cnm who is a tortoise stalker), and brought home some iv fluids... I pulled a Hail Mary... I soaked him in the same mixture I’ve been doing w mango... put him in the shower, cleaned off a spot and gave him 0.25 ml of normal saline.... he...
He didn’t eat any of the mango.... he’s currently using a piece as a pillow. I soaked him in a pedialyte/carrot baby food mixture w the mango bits in it..... the only encouraging thing I have from the last warm soak he actually opened his mouth and took a drink.... I think/hope.
His head is basically submerged the whole time which freaks me out. A week ago he would submerge, you could see him drinking then he would pop up and look around.... then after about 8-10 minutes try to escape and would poop in the process. His little hind legs have always looked tiny but he...
I’ll go to the store and buy a few! I just got done soaking him and usually I’ve got a tiny insulin/TB syringe ready to sneak a mini drop in his mouth if he opens it... of course the one time I didn’t have it ready.... big long yawn!
Thank you I will look into that!!
still no eating. Did a pedialyte soak, followed by a warm water soak/shower (picture me and my 3 kids in the humid bathroom). He’s opening his eyes but zero interest in food. I put some diced fruit and greens in there.... I keep going in there hoping he’s...
I just got done doing a 50/50 pedialyte/ water mix w carrots mixed in, followed by a 10 min steam shower, He gives me the stink eye but will not eat I tried strawberry and his go to radiccio... and nothing. No poops or pees that I’m aware of. He seems slightly more peppy than yesterday. I’m...
Thank you I had a feeling finding a vet who knew about tortoises was not going to happen.
Good ideas! I could kick myself.... our daughter is charge of his daily care and when we cleaned his habitat (we spot clean once a week/big clean once a month) is when my husband noticed dried areas (on...
*** we just moved from Rockford to a small town called sandwich Illinois (35 min from aurora). If he hasn’t perked up w the changed I made today (way more humidy and slightly more heat I’m going to call the local vet and see what they say. They service farm animals from chickens to who knows...