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I am the crazy lady who rescued the injured sulcata. I can still only get her to eat if I squeeze a bit of watermelon juice on her greens and then leave a small speck of the watermelon on top or a small piece of fresh tomato. She won't touch store bought. She then perks up and eats quite a bit...

She seems stronger. Her vet does think that her back legs will continue to improve. She doesn’t use them but she’ll use them to wiggle around when she’s getting petted. She eats pretty well but does need encouragement. I squeeze watermelon juice or a bit of tomato to get her started. Thinking...

Thanks for the info.

I posted before about adopting a sulcata that someone dumped near our house. She was badly injured. The vet thinks that she is getting better. It has been 4 weeks. However, she is still not eating well. Because she is healing she only goes out when we can be with her. But she just isn't eating...

Thanks. We are lucky to have a very experienced exotic vet hospital and Docs in our area. They treat quite a few tortoises. She was sealed with vet tech and given lots of antibiotics. She just had her 3 week check up with some additional x-rays and I am thrilled to report that she is doing way...

First I know nothing about sulcata tortoises. I live in the country, only two close neighbors and we know they didn't have a tortoise. But I have a rule with animals. If you end up at my house you get treated like family and you stay. My son was swathing hay and hit what he and my husband...