Ah I forgot the surgery is done by cutting out a "window" in the plastron. Then the follicles are retrieved and removed. They also spayed her at the same time to prevent this from happening again. Then the piece of the shell goes back on and the window is patched up, I am not sure with what. I...
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Sorry, it gets confusing because it's a long story. She hibernates usually from December to February/March depending on how she is doing. I keep a record of her weight so now during her unwell period I can see that her weight is the same as at the beginning of the year when she woke up...
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So my baby spent the night at the vets and today they took bloods under sedation and placed the feeding tube back in. The initial results show that her kidneys are okay, thank goodness, but her liver markers are up... We knew that her liver was not happy just by how it was looking during...
Thank you. I have been looking into changing the light set up but I wasn't sure where to go with it but now I know that I should definitely continue research and upgrade her lighting set up.
Temperature wise I would say middle is around 26 and the cold area is at the lowest 20 during day. I have...
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I am out at the moment so won't be able to take pictures but will do my best to describe her setup. She has a tortoise table that I hand-built for her. It fits right into my flat that way I was able to maximize the amount of space she has. She does have a second floor which she sometimes...
Yes, they did a full, x-ray. Everything looked normal. No excess gass in the intestines or stomach and no deposits visible in the bladder at this point. The vet called me back after I dropped off the sample and tomorrow they will sedate her and take bloods.
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I am looking for advice regarding my tortoise. She is an eight year old horsefield tortoise. Three months ago she went off her food. For three weeks I encouraged her to eat and I bathed her twice a day with reptoboost. When that didn't make any difference I knew something was wrong and...
I do apologise to Chewy for mistaking her for a tortoise. That was supid. She is one lucky turtle to have found you. I am sure she knows and appreciates your care and dedication.
I am really sorry if I can across defensive. That is not what I was going for, I am really sorry. I just love her so much and it has been a difficult week and I have been feeling really guilty about her getting sick. I feel responsible for it. Still I am sorry I came across rude. I know we need...
Okay okay. So she was an inpatient for few days. They did test, x-rays and the rest. She had signs of sepsis, pinkish tint to her plastron. Also there were signs of blood in her urates. What they think happend was that the infection caused dehydration, that meant that her body sucked in all the...
It is more the difference in her activity from Friday when she was quite happy and active ish the today when she seems to be just as she was when I took her in. That is what is making me panic. I know it will take time to recover and get back to normal but what if her stomach is worse again? I...
Hello. I have a question as I am unsure about what to do. My baby is a Russian tortoise, she is 4 years old and her name is Terra. She is normally very strong and healthy but she got quite unwell recently. Last Monday I took her to the vets and it turned out she had a renal infection and a...