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i'm sorry i didn't see this any sooner. i have my own ideas about this. the maggots were not in his forelimb wounds as those were stitched up and cleaned twice daily. i'm sure there's an anatomical term for it, but they were kind of at his shoulder where his skin meats the underside of his...

i wish this story had a happy ending, for your sake, for my sake, but most of all for my baby's sake. i'm heartbroken to have to share that he died sometime between when i went to sleep on tuesday and woke up on wednesday. i had the vet confirm wednesday morning and took the day off to grieve...

yes for those reading, if he's able to make a full recovery, i will be boarding up the dog fence on that side of the house with sheets of metal and enclosing his outdoor cinder block enclosure with a chainlink, lockable chicken coop and installimg a camera, if not multiple. the dogs won't even...

i have another update but it's not so much with questions as it is just an update if you are invested in the situation (not that i expect you to be) as i feared, the parasites were maggots. the vet just called me about his prognosis, and it could've been worse, but it's still pretty bad. not...

thank you so much! i will ask about vetricyn. his new indoor setup is a long, rectangular under-the-bed storage container that i have inside of a mesh playpen from walmart made for dogs (...

no, there is no fecal matter to test because he won't eat. but the parasites are visible & my vet identified them. i can't remember the name he called them, but they will send me the notes/records from the day when they finish treating him if that is helpful. thank you for that info, i'll look...

i have an update about this and another question chlorhexidine was suggested over diluted betadine because the latter could inhibit tissue regrowth, but i double-checked with my vet, and they said if it got in his eye it could blind him. this is very dangerous because irrigating his forelimbs...

thank you! i will try giving him the option, but i will lower the "warm option" to maybe 80-85 instead of 90 to at least be more of a difference from his daytime temps.

thank you for answering! don't worry, i did know how the regrowth works, but i still really appreciate you explaining anyways in case i didn't. that's good to know that his keratin will come back. even without his scute pattern, i will always find him beautiful :)

thank you for answering! is "chlorhexidine" the same as "chlorhexidine gluconate" that i can get at walgreens? i'm sorry if this is a silly question, but i just want to be super specific so i don't accidentally do something bad! also, i tagged you in a different reply where i shared photos :)

first, i just want to say thank you. the endless work you do for tortoises in your own life and on this forum is invaluable and hugely appreciated, as is your reply to this post. thank you so much, and i hope you've been able to see at least some amount of positive change in the community as a...

also forgot to add that every morning and night (and before any injections) i clean his wounds with betadine diluted with water until it's tea-colored, and then i apply the silver sulfadiazine cream they gave me

just in case it's helpful, here are the disc thermometer readings from the walls of his enclosure on the side with the lamps (first) and the side furthest from the lamps (second): this is the reading from the CHE probe, which i have resting on his towels under both lamps (SV is "set to"...

sorry i saw your other comment first thank you so much for your reply!!! yes, i love my mom so much. i asked about photo content warnings in my other reply, though i'm very sorry to take extra time :( fortunately, he is walking and drinking! also, last night i opened his mouth and inserted a...

okay, thank you so much for answering! do you think i should start running the diffuser for him? for reference, it's 77% humidity today according to my weather app (again he's not in air conditioning), though the disc thermometers are reading 46% on one end and 65% on the other. also, is there...