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CarolM
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Lol. I was wondering what was making so much noise last night. Now I know!!
CarolM
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That is so exciting. Yipppeee. I want to watch it all day toooooo.Good morning all! Exciting news!
The eggs are hatching! Mrs Bluet-it is a mummy!
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I shall be watching the tv feed all day probably
CarolM
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Now you have to post a postcard of our baby chicks everyday. I feel like we are their parents too. Although we get the nice part. Watching and none of the work.[emoji1] [emoji1]Feed me!
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And a very brief video of Dad feeding Mum... he offered the caterpillar to the chicks first, but they’re far too small just yet
CarolM
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[emoji22] [emoji22] That is such sad news. Come on Lola. We need you to get better my boy. If you get better then Lyn promises to give you a boys name. [emoji6] seriously though Lola get better. [emoji120] [emoji120]
Hope you had a good day at the spa Carol.
Lola update:
No luck finding the holders for mvbs more than 150w so will order one on line. Also unable to buy more Reptoboost either so will also have to order that too.
Lola has had a baby food carrot soak this evening and eaten a few dandies, some romaine that has been soaking so quite a lot of water in them and other leaves all soaked in Reptoboost - after I had to bribe him to eat with some fine slivers of cucumber. Also got him to open up so I could syringe some RB in by dipping the end of it in the cucumber. It's usually a forbidden food but as soon as Lola smells it in the house he perks up. He was quite alert and let me know when he wanted out of his bath. I think he passed urates but difficult to tell in the murky carrot water - he definitely did last night and they looked normal. He had a little walk around but then straight back to bed.
Was thinking of getting some strawberries to tempt him with which I would never usually feed him, or do you think I should wait in case the sugars make things worse? I don't know what else to do for him until I get the results - it's frustrating.
No luck finding the holders for mvbs more than 150w so will order one on line. Also unable to buy more Reptoboost either so will also have to order that too.
Lola has had a baby food carrot soak this evening and eaten a few dandies, some romaine that has been soaking so quite a lot of water in them and other leaves all soaked in Reptoboost - after I had to bribe him to eat with some fine slivers of cucumber. Also got him to open up so I could syringe some RB in by dipping the end of it in the cucumber. It's usually a forbidden food but as soon as Lola smells it in the house he perks up. He was quite alert and let me know when he wanted out of his bath. I think he passed urates but difficult to tell in the murky carrot water - he definitely did last night and they looked normal. He had a little walk around but then straight back to bed.
Was thinking of getting some strawberries to tempt him with which I would never usually feed him, or do you think I should wait in case the sugars make things worse? I don't know what else to do for him until I get the results - it's frustrating.
CarolM
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Thank you Lyn. Yes i did. My feet are almost as smooth as a torts shell should be.[emoji6] How are you holding up?
CarolM
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I can just imagine how frustrating it must be. What if you liquidize some of his normal food and put it in the carrot soak? I don't know if he can get anything from that but maybe just maybe he might drink some of it. I am not sure if the strawberries are a good idea as it might cause issues later. Has he been losing weight?
I'm getting more anxious by the day. He has been such a healthy active tort every spring and summer it's upsetting to see him like this.
Yes he has lost about 800g in a month. The loss of weight is a huge worry. My sister thinks it would more worrying if he was eating and still losing weight. I have never seen him drink in his daily soak in the 4 years I've had him and rarely catch him at his bowl but thats where he gets most of his fluid other than via the cloaca.
CarolM
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I don't blame you for being anxious, they are after all our little babies. I think that you are doing all you can already and just have to wait for the results. What you are doing so far is great. Other than increasing the temps, carrot soaks, food temptations I am not sure what you can do. Maybe @JoesMum or @YvonneG or @Bee62 can give you a few more tips to do in the meantime.
CarolM
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And BIG ELECTRONIC HUGS. [emoji8] [emoji8] thinking of the both of you.
Hi Jaid, welcome to The Tortoise Forum.
Do you want to ask about your own tort or torts in general or a specific species?
I am using a laptop for this website and if you are the same, click on the Forums tab and that will take you to menu of all different threads or you can go to the Tortoise Species tab and click on the species you want to find out about.
If you haven't already found it there is an Introductions thread for newcomers where you can tell us about you and/or your tort
Hope that helps
No idea on the mobile app
Hi hope you're well.
Yes, very miserable, annoying...you name it. Sandstorms have began, so I have not moved.
CarolM
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Hi and welcome. If you are on the app just push on the arrow key and then at the top you will see headings. Next to the headings on the top left you should see horizontal lines. Touch that and then you should see a list of topics etc. Then you select the topic you want to go on and at the bottom right there should be a green circle with a plus sign i think. Select that and then follow the prompts.
CarolM
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[emoji85] Didn't Luarance of Arabia fall in love while sheltering during a sandstorm?
