Thank you for all the help you gave, I'm going to be sure to pass along the info on austwickia where I can. I used to have another tortoise, but I had to rehome her after I lost my job n had to move to a smaller place little over a year ago so i wouldnt have been able to provide the size...
Thank you.
I will pass the information along on it, I hope as vets become more aware of the issue we'll get a better understanding of it and its caught sooner then it was in Soups case. I'd hate for anyone else to have to go through the same thing. 😞
My parents have a fire pit so ill be sure...
Thank you, she was my sweet little wrinky baby and her name was Soup. I hope I gave her a good life, I just hate that it had to be so short. 😞
She was my only tortoise and I really enjoyed having her, I would've done anything for her. 😭
I think one day I'll rescue a tortoise in the future...
Sadly she's passed away, I got home from work and she was gone. 😞
I tried so hard to get her into the vets this morning as soon as they opened but they told me they wouldn't have time and to bring her in tomorrow unless she got worse. I doubt it would've changed her outcome, but I'm so upset...
Oh wow, I had a feeling whatever has been wrong with her might not have a good outcome. Something has just not been right with her for awhile to me and I've asked over on the tortoise reddit before if they think shes too small and most people just told me her shell looked good so I shouldn't...
Im asking anywhere and everywhere I can, but I have a Russian tortoise, she turns 4 in August. I got her a couple months after she was born and since then shes not grown much, she certainly does not look like a 4 year old tortoise.
She had a vet visit in 2022 because she stopped eatting and...