Thank you.
I also forgot to add how I found her, this may just be decomposition becuase she probably died hours before I found her after work. But she was super puffed up, swollen and bloated.
Hi Tom,
Have any of your tortoise vet friends had a chance to look at the xray? It's ok if not.
Also I wondered if she grew so well from a tiny baby of about 5cm to I would say about 25cm when she died over the 5 years I had her, with no pyramiding, does that mean she was growing too fast...
Thank you for your kind words. I really hope she had a good life.
I did wonder about getting a necropsy done. But the vet that can do them isn't in till Wednesday and even if kept in the fridge it will have been 6 days.
I am an animal studies lecturer and exotics is my main passion. I have...
Thank you.
No not positive it was that. But the vet assumed it would have cause her kidneys to fail?
Thank you for your help.
I actually think the temperature under her lamp was higher than I said. When I used the infrared temp gun to check her shell she was more like 36 under the lamp. No...
Thank you. Yes the vet said she was in such great condition otherwise. I'm proud of that, just a shame because with her growth and health other than the bladder stone she should have lived a long healthy life and I feel like I've unintentionally failed her. I'm finding it hard after having my...
Thank you. I am heartbroken. She was eating dandelions I'd pick just the night before and she didn't look ill. I wish she'd shown me signs and I could have got her to a vet and maybe saved her.
I feel so guilty and I have felt sick since I found her. I'm finding it so hard.
My son is nearly...
The enclosure is a 8ft x 3ft table and she had access to the whole room, which is probably about 10ft x 10ft.
Warm side was usually 26-28c, basking 32c, cool side 20-22c, overnight about 20c.
We turned her soil over every few months with water to saturate it and I would spray the top each week.
Hi everyone,
Wondered if I could get some advice and maybe explanation as to why she died.
My Greek spur theighed tortoise Tortellini died on Thursday. She was a little quiet the week before but that's not unusual especially when the weather kept changing.
I've had her since a tiny baby and...