Recent content by Nellie Rose

I kind of realized it after I posted 🤯 I got myself so worked up over absolutely nothing. Thank you. I just worry about everything now, and I always have the exotic specialists number in my back pocket, but I still haven't paid off the last visit lol, just trying to keep everything stable right...

I think i panicked lol... but yes hopefully someone could tell me if I'm being dramatic. Ive been watching him a bit obsessively and as far as attitude he seems great. Active, eating, ravenous as always, drinking, etc. He's just my first baby so I panic 🤯 especially after his recent surgery...

Am I being crazy or actually seeing an issue? So I have been a nervous wreck ever since Hermanns mycobacterium infection and the surgery to remove his granuloma months ago. He has been doing well since, and got his sutures out in late May. He is active, eating, drinking, and generally being...

Yeah, that's definitely the goal! It will hopefully be only a month or so before the yard is open, i already started clearing it of construction debris, but it needs some more work to make it tortoise proof. It is 108×50 ft and will serve as his roaming space during the day. I am just nervous...

That is the plan, it will be done by end of summer at the latest. I'm in the middle of building my actual house on the property and that ended up taking more time than I intended due to county inspections. It will be done by end of summer, I'm making sure of that, because I think he'll be close...

Hello again! It finally got consistently warm enough outside to move Atlas today. I ended up using an old wooden garden bed I built, it is around 8×8ft give or take a foot. I decided to just save the materials and money i would invest here, and put it towards his final build with his large shed...

Just wanted to show you guys how Hermann is doing. He is healing well from my perspective. He was irritated and rubbing the incision the first two weeks or so, but that has stopped. A portion of the incision opened but we expected it to, and it has since healed up beautifully on its own...

Although I will say, it's not going to be anything fancy. It's temporary until the shed is finished, which should be end of summer. The shed would have been completed last year if not for some unexpected financial and family happenings, but I'm glad it's finally getting done now!!!

Definitely will!

Oh I have! I'm really happy he is finally big enough to go outside! Just waiting until the weather is consistently over 80F.

Got the full pathology report today. The mass is a confirmed granuloma, which formed around micobacterium. The doctor said since there is nothing systemically, they suspect the micobacterium was introduced to a small wound or scrape, and the body protected itself by forming the granuloma...

Awesome, thanks so much. I'll be moving him into an old raised garden bed. The shed should be completed by the end of summer, because he will definitely be too big by then, I'm already pushing it now.

But the recheck date is due to my schedule conflicting with the doctors. It is within the acceptable timeframe though, i made sure of it.

Yes it has. Trauma from his shell wasn't a problem once the mass was removed. It has only been 12 days since the surgery though so I am keeping a close eye out. I need to mist him daily since I can't soak him as much right now, and i didn't want to put him through the stress of changing it every...

Brief update- Hermann is well. He is looking great from my view, seems to be healing well, and is still eating/drinking/acting completely fine. I can't wait for him to be all fixed up so he can start going outside in the summer, it's so good for him. No word on the biopsy. I'll call next week...