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Hello! It's now been two months since Zazu's surgery so I thought I'd provide one final update. Zazu has come a long way since the surgery and seems to be fully recovered. She went through a period of diarrhoea but that coincided with us having just fed her some pumpkin and then an unusual...

Thank you @_The_Beast_ , I appreciate your kind words!

Hello everyone, It's been a long time since I last posted. After Zazu finally managed to poop, she pooped again 48 hours later so we were pretty relieved. She continued to soak twice a day for 30 min. in warm water and we started introducing healthier food into her diet. Her thirst seems to...

Hi everyone! Quick update to let you know that Zazu finally pooped. It might not look like it on the picture but the two poops were pretty large. It happened during her afternoon soak after looking slightly hungrier during the day. The first poop was enveloped by a slimy coat but this could...

Thank you very much for your replies! We increased Zazu's soaks to. 20 minutes twice a day over the weekend and she seemed to tolerate those well. As a result, today we increased them to 25 minutes. The reason why these haven't been longer is because of the recent plastronotomy surgery. She's...

Hello everyone, Apologies for the lack of updates but it's been an intense week. Zazu keeps improving, if it weren't because of the scar on her plastron and the yellow urate, you could almost say that she's 100%. Her appetite is back, the discharge through the plastron is gone, and she's as...

Hello everyone, Zazu has continued to improve since the last update. Her appetite is back to pre-surgery levels and she's much more active and aware. She finished her antibiotics and continues to take warm 5 minutes soaks twice a day, during which she drinks plenty of water. Today we took her...

Hi @wellington, @zolasmum, Thank you very much for your messages. Nice to meet you and Zola :)! Zazu has been very stable over the past two days. She keeps basking, soaking in warm water, drinking her antibiotics, and eating a little. The discharge through the plastron remains very low and we...

Thanks @wellington, the vet replied saying that it doesn't look like an infection to him. We'll continue monitoring the area over the next few days to see how it evolves and keep this thread updated as always :-)

Hi @wellington, The discharge went down quite a bit over night so hopefully this is sign that the plastron is closing up. Zazu did okay today although she ate a bit less than she did yesterday. She had two soaks so that she keeps taking in those antibiotics and urinated twice. She's been...

Hi @wellington , Thank you for your reply. I'll definitely check out the incandescent vapor bulbs from Arcadia as a replacement for the mercury-vapor bulbs. We keep her on paper towels, which we replace every time she urinates, definitely no substrate any time soon :-) Zazu made some good...

Hi @wellington, Thank you very much for your message, we sincerely appreciate it. I'll try to provide a daily update to hopefully help other people in the future as well. Zazu seems to be doing a bit better today. In the morning, she woke up naturally, basked for about 30 minutes and walked...

Hi everyone, Apologies for skipping the introduction forum and coming straight here. However, my wife and I are quite concerned with our juvenile Hermann's tortoise Zazu, and we'd be truly appreciative if you could kindly help us. Five years ago, we rescued a 2 years old female Hermann who was...