Tortoise Forum

So perhaps that limited diet caused some liver or kidney damage which has caused the tortoise to retain water in its abdominal cavity. What did the ultrasound reveal? Or is it being done on the 11th? The ultrasound is being done tomorrow on the 11th. He ate well today actually which I'm happy...

I have a 1 year old Sulcata. Shelly suffered Austwickia Chelonae on her first 8 months but has started showing recovery and growth in the last 4 months. However, I noticed that her upper right plastron does seem to grow symmetrically with the other parts. Should I be concerned? No signs of...

4 yr old Indian Star tortoise. Eats ok Likes to soak himself. My set up meets all requirements from what all you folks taught me when I first got Squirt.I think he has that chronic respiratory issue tortoises get that never go away just have to maintained according to what I read. Here is what’s...

Following over a year since the last health issue my tortoise is swollen again and can no longer move. I took it to the vet, who prescribed antibiotics once more, but its bowel is not functioning for 2 weeks now. I also did an X-rays taken by a vet who is not specialized in reptiles, so I’m not...

For wound care, you use betatdine, chlorhexaderm, or hydrogen peroxide for the first cleaning, then you switch to something else for daily disinfection. What works best is a relatively new product called Vetricyn. Ask your vet about this. You should not have a humidifier blowing directly into...

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I went hiking in southern GA/SC state line. I know there are common gopher tortoises here. I think this is a redfoot we found on a trail, his/her shell is all white. They do burn the forest undergrowth around here to keep everything maintained is that what happened to this guy? I didn’t disturb...

My tort, is as the French do say, le constipated, extremely. When I soaked him a few moments ago he pushed his head into his shell and I saw a stream of pee come out, but no poop. He has been constipated for about 4 days. He stopped drinking water and I suspect it was that. Here and there, there...

Ascott said: To let a tort roam our habitats or not? Always a question that will offer up a bunch of opinions, stories of what happened to some, stories of how dumb it is and success stories....so if you see the trend here, it is that folks do alot of different things based on their own lives...

So i work at a small animal veterinary hospital. The hospital owner brought in her adult sons tortoise for a nail trim after noticing some nails curling under his feet and that she didn't want to extend her back left leg fully. We did xrays because our machine had a turtle setting and we were...

Hello everyone. My hatchling EBT appears to have a fungal issue. His shell has been like this since before I acquired him. At first I thought it was just dirt, but after rinsing and drying him didn’t help, I realized it could be fungal. The odd thing is, when he’s wet, I can’t see any...

I was soaking my red foot and cleaned its shell and noticed this on the bottom of his shell. I’m not sure if it’s a fungal infection but if it is what should I do I was reading about giving it betadine, anti fungal cream, and chlorhexidine and anti fungal wipes. I don’t know which are good and...

A sick tortoise, which had been kept in a glass tank and had become severely constipated having

My sister's 120lb or so sulcata died as a result of bladder stone surgery. This is a picture of the stone that was removed during surgery. The white particles and chunks in the bottom of the jar have fallen off the stone, so you have to imagine it was bigger than you see in the picture: Bob...

Anyone know how much a tortoise bladder stone removal is? I may have to get that done on my tort and worried about the cost breaking the bank, thanks!

So i work at a small animal veterinary hospital. The hospital owner brought in her adult sons tortoise for a nail trim after noticing some nails curling under his feet and that she didn't want to extend her back left leg fully. We did xrays because our machine had a turtle setting and we were...

Letting a tortoise roam the floor of a house has long been a very common practice. Many believe that it is a good way to get exercise, or even just a way for a tortoise to have fun or explore. Some keepers even let their tortoises permanently roam their house instead of an enclosure, believing...

Anyone had a constipated tortoise from eating rocks? Noticed my desert tortoise's back legs giving out while walking. Took him to vet and got x-ray and found rocks and backed up fecal matter in digestive tract. Worried about outcome.

For starters, I have an 8 year old male Russian Tortoise. I bought him from a pet store and unfortunately wasn’t very educated on how to care for him, so I apologize for anything I say in the following message that may seem like an obvious red flag or something! Anyway, mid February I noticed he...