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    Imidacloprid/Fungus Gnats?

    My indoor enclosure for my Russian tort is now teaming with fungus gnats. The substrate (coconut coir and cypress mulch) is only about two months old and I mist it a couple times a week to keep it from drying out. I'm going to stop misting and let it dry out under the lights, but is there...
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    Need recommendations for Russian tort indoor lighting

    I'm building a new indoor enclosure for my Russian tortoise. The measurements are 29.5" wide by 80" long. I already have UVB taken care of on the hot end of the enclosure (mega ray MVB and reptisun linear fluorescent), but I want to make the entire enclosure as visually stimualting for my...
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    Should asymptomatic eimeria be treated?

    I run fecals on my Russian tort every 6 months and I just got his results back. He tested positive for a few (3-10 in a roughly 3 gram stool sample) eimeria oocysts. This is the first time he's tested positive for anything since treating him for pinworms over a year ago. He is showing no...
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    HELP! Rescued two Desert Tortoises today and need advice! Winter is coming!* In Connecticut

    Hi everyone, just wanted to give an update for anyone interested. After a long week and many sleepless nights, the tortoises really perked up after being separated, each getting their own MVB, a hide and lots and lots of fresh greens and hay. They also saw a veterinarian who confirmed MBD in...
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    HELP! Rescued two Desert Tortoises today and need advice! Winter is coming!* In Connecticut

    Thank you. Yes, I will absolutely take that contact info. Any possible leads are appreciated. I really want to see them begin to be rehabilitated out west as soon as possible.
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    HELP! Rescued two Desert Tortoises today and need advice! Winter is coming!* In Connecticut

    Tom, Thank you for your response; it's greatly appreciated. I'll say that you confirmed almost everything I suspected, I knew things looked bad from the second I saw them. I'm going to start making phone calls tomorrow to rescue groups in the southwest and possibly to government agencies to...
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    HELP! Rescued two Desert Tortoises today and need advice! Winter is coming!* In Connecticut

    (Scroll down if you don't feel like reading the full story, questions are at the bottom) A few hours ago, I took possession of two Desert Tortoises. I am told they are about 20 years old. They had been living with an elderly man for the past decade, who worked years ago as a wildlife biologist...
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    How do you get a tortoise to eat dewormer?

    Good news is I was able to infuse some escarole with the dewormer and he ate all of it. I soaked him the other day and HUNDREDS of pinworms came out when he defecated in the water. Most of them were dead but some were still moving :eek:. Now I just need to hope he eats the dewormer again...
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    How do you get a tortoise to eat dewormer?

    I talked to his vet about this, but her and I spent a bit of time researching and this would not likely address any pinworms in the upper GI tract. A lot of the articles were on VIN, so I can't share them, but this one from Reptiles Magazine focuses on that...
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    How do you get a tortoise to eat dewormer?

    My only concern with this is that fenbendazole works by inhibiting the uptake of glucose, and strawberries are very high in fructose, so it could be like taking two steps forward and one step back.
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    How do you get a tortoise to eat dewormer?

    Hi everyone, My Russian tortoise, whom I recently rescued, is loaded with pinworms. His attending Veterinarian has given me the dosing information using fenbendazole paste (safeguard/panacur) but I can not get him to eat the full dose. I have even tried using a needle and syringe to inject the...
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    Hello!

    Hello, My name is Shane and I'm the proud owner of a male Russian tortoise, named "Sir. Franklin Harold Murphy Esq. III", that I recently rescued. I also have a 7 year old female Chocolate Lab, and I work as a Practice Manager of a Veterinary Hospital that sees dogs, cats, rodents and birds...
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