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I am very sorry to hear that. Is there a change of getting past this? What did the vet say? Wishing your Tortoise all the best!!
need help , tortoise stopped eating and move on hind legs
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Oh man! If liver is impaired to the point of needing to tap fluid collected in abdominal cavity.... that sounds very serious. Sending healing thoughts your way. Btw your tort is beautiful
update 10/16/18
vet drained out about 30ml fluid today. 3 full syringes. and he started eating again.
vet drained out about 30ml fluid today. 3 full syringes. and he started eating again.
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That is a lot of fluid. Will it build up again? What did the vet say otherwise? At least he is eating again. Still hoping for the best!!
So we really do not know what the problem is. Really hope what has been done will help and the situation can somehow heal itself, it's not always hopeless and sometimes it can turn around. All the best and thanks for your loving care of the little one!
It will build up again . Vet said drain it every couple weeks
No . Cost $400 to test the fluid , but even knowing what exactly this fluid is won’t help .
probably not ….. not familiar with it in tortoises , seen it in quite a few dogs , a variety of causes , the prognosis and outcome was for the most part never good ……. cancer and heart failure being two , pancreatitis another , peritonitis I remember in another , i'm sure a few more I've forgotten ………. I would wonder what would cause liver failure or cancer in a young animal …..
you may have some interest in these articles , good luck with him …..
https://cdn.ymaws.com/arav.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Files/Proceedings_1997/1997_16.pdf
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abmvz/v56n1/a20v56n1.pdf
you may have some interest in these articles , good luck with him …..
https://cdn.ymaws.com/arav.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Files/Proceedings_1997/1997_16.pdf
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abmvz/v56n1/a20v56n1.pdf
thank you .
What I mean is , the vet told me even we find the exact cause , the only solution is probably organ transplant. But no one has ever done organ transplant on tortoise, and even there is some doctor has the experience, where do you find another healthy radiata organ matches it ?
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I am very sorry for you...
My cat had fluid in her chest. The vet said it could be drained but would just come back again. There didn't seem to be an option to fix it with surgery. Since she was in pain, the vet recommended she be put down.
I'm so sorry this has happened. This tort is lucky he is with a caring owner.
I'm so sorry this has happened. This tort is lucky he is with a caring owner.
constipation can be caused by Urinary stones. Tortoise is a specie which is very easy to get urinary stones. You need to soak it frequently to help it pee and excrete uric acid which can prevent it get the urinary stones
1) we did x rays every month since August. no stone found
2) radiata rarely get urinary stone . I probably have a better chance getting it than the radiata .
Update 11/28/18
I’ve been draining the body fluids every 2 weeks .
Amount seems to be stable around 12-20ml except today I got 5 full syringes , that’s around 60ml.
Eats 1-2 Mazuri pellets per day . Some greens
Still no sign of poop but I’ve noticed little jelly like thing hanging outside the butthole sometimes .
I’ve been draining the body fluids every 2 weeks .
Amount seems to be stable around 12-20ml except today I got 5 full syringes , that’s around 60ml.
Eats 1-2 Mazuri pellets per day . Some greens
Still no sign of poop but I’ve noticed little jelly like thing hanging outside the butthole sometimes .
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Where on the tort do you aspirate this from?
This area as demonstrated by the vet . By the right leg only . I cannot get any fluid from the identical spot on the left side
I don’t know the medical term for this area so I used an image from internet to show. (Not a picture of my turtle )
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Also I noticed one of the front scute is abnormal. There’s a gap between other scutes and the edge seems peeling off .
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How long will you keep this up? Sounds like your guy isn’t eating much and may be in pain.
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