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Appreciate your reply, thank you. She weighed 11.7kg. It was a crushed tablet.

Around two months ago, I noticed my 22-year-old female leopard tortoise becoming subtly unsteady and wobbly when walking, as if struggling to bear her weight on one side. I took her to our regular reptile vet, who had previously performed her ovariectomy 6-7 years prior. He recommended a CT...

Hi Lyn She’s doing great. Appetite has doubled (guess she has more room now) and weirdly she’s eating all kinds of stuff she would never normally touch - even tolerating hay! I have no idea whether this is purely coincidental. Wee is back to normal, after the pale green hue we experienced weeks...

That’s definitely Okra. Just don’t feed the fruit.

Spider plants! Impossible to kill, safe to eat and good for hiding under. Plus, they produce so many spiderettes you’ll never run out.

She is a little beauty. How is your female Russian @Sleppo? Any egg laying?

The slate grey Yorkshire skies will roll around soon enough. Summer is going too fast.

Update: So Essie continues to be recovering well. She’s finished her antibiotic injections and pain meds now, and everything appears to be okay. She has started soaks again, 5 minutes every other day, and has been outside for an hour every other day since last Wednesday. I’m putting Reptoboost...

Hi Lyn She seems to be doing okay. She started eating day 2 after surgery (small amounts) which increased gradually and now is eating well everyday so I’m able to get her pain meds in her no problem. The antibiotic injections proved tricky at first [emoji85] she’s so strong, and does not want...

I know, the poor thing. She’s a little soldier. Thank you. This has all been quite stressful and scary. I’m just glad it’s the school holidays so I’m not at work.

Thank you. How is the female you were concerned about doing?

Yes, I was told the antibiotics may depress appetite, but as you said I’d like to see her drink more than anything. I’ve been told not to soak for a few weeks, which is annoying as it’s all I want to do!

The vet told me there is no definitive cause, and the articles I have read seem to support this. He suggested any of these things: Absence of males (it’s more common in isolated females) Prolonged poor husbandry Secondary to a viral disease Genetics Bad luck

Thank you. She recovered really well from the anaesthesia, and was walking around last night inspecting the hospital quarters I’ve set up for her. I’m sure she hates me, and the antibiotic injections aren’t going to help that cause, so today I’m leaving her alone, and she’s mostly been sleeping...

Thank you, that’s very kind. Originally they wanted to use resin, but the vet said she had A LOT of muscle, and because she was so vascular, there was a lot of blood post op so they didn’t think the resin would cut it. Fibreglass seems to be okay, no seepage.