Recent content by loriluvsbonkers

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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    I bath her every other day. Changing water every 20min. And I have a humidifier on high. If I could only get solid dos and don’t without vague answers. It would be soooo much easier. Overall, I’m just not the owner. She deserves better
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    Utah isn’t too bad. Where would you be coming from?
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    OMG! Please help find her a better home then I’ve been giving her. Honestly, I love her but I just don’t know what I’m doing or have been doing. I’ve tried to correct her problem a lot time ago, but as you know, the results can be slow and I was probably doing more harm then good. It’s hard not...
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    I know. And that’s the problem☹️ I live in a small valley. I have traveled as far as 2hrs one way to see a vet that wasn’t helpful.
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    I will call. I’ve emailed and called about 17 different places now. One place told me to go to the vet that was on Animal Planet. That will cost big $$$$. But I did call and no one returned my call. Another place wants me to drive her to Virginia. That’s way too long in a car for her and...
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    Mat sounds like a great idea Pictures aren’t coming out good when posted. Question. If she is in pain, which I feel so horrible about, why does she move around so much? She can be very active. I know when I’m in pain I don’t wanna move at all.
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    I was also told she/he could be sulcata 😩 I don’t know what to do
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    Thank you so much for replying. But now I was told a third species she could be. First it was elongated tortoise, then a desert tortoise and now the species that you say you think. I was putting calcium powder on her food and then one of the vet said that I was giving her too much calcium. This...
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    help (Elongated Tortoise with MBD)

    My name is Lori Samuels. My tortoises name is Bonkers. I appreciate and thank you for your time reviewing my situation. I’m at my wits end. I live in a small town called Silt in Colorado. My now ex husband bought Bonkers from a reptile Expo in or around 2003 in New Jersey where I use to live. He...
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