When I take him outside I bring his hiding spot with us and his water dish. I didn’t think substrate would be needed. From a lot of the outdoor enclosures I’ve seen it’s usually something with no bottom that people place on the grass and let the tortoise roam. Considering I’m in an apartment...
Yeah I was going to keep him in the 20 gallon for another few weeks or a month but I was going to start building the table in the mean time. I’ve seen a few people who have 4x4’s on YouTube, but I know a lot of people say the minimum is 4x8. I would like to do that but I may not have enough room...
Hey everyone! So I got my Russian tortoise Iroh about two months ago. He was very sick for these past two months and I was told he would most likely die, BUT I persisted and tried everything I could find on the internet and here we are two months later! He just started having a regular eating...
Hey so here we are two months later and the other day I said I still hadn’t seen him eat WELL, today I chopped up some zucchini for myself for dinner and I tossed some small bits in his enclosure to see what what would happen. I even rubbed some of the store bought pellet mash on it and then...
Hey everyone, so it’s been two months. Iroh still doesn’t really eat and he just sits in the corner. He poops occasionally which makes me think he’s eating something, but his food always looked untouched. I’m so happy he’s still with us but again it’s been two months and he’s still not eating...
It wasn’t really the vet who offered force feeding. We brought it up. The vet suggested we get a small syringe and try and open his mouth and push in a purée. What kind of purée would we have to use or make? He’s still not eating.
Interesting. Also I’ve been doing the Gerber soaks for over a week now and his eyes didn’t open until the vet gave us that gel. Also about the force feeding do you have any suggestions?
Update: we took Iroh to the vet again yesterday (Saturday) she said he infection is almost completely gone. The issue of his eyes not opening has also gotten better. She gave us some sort of gel to rub on his eyes (forgot the name of it). We clean them with a q-tip daily then place a small bit...
So you’re saying if he doesn’t have a pen outside we shouldn’t bring him outside at all? Your wording confused me. In terms of our vet that wasn’t last minute at all I called the vet for an appointment within the first 4 days of getting Iroh but I was only able to get my appointment 3 days after...
Well it’s a respiratory illness so I’ve been assuming he’s congested. But he has not opened his eyes yet. We are at the park right now for sunset. There’s a nice breeze and it’s pretty warm outside.
I appreciate all your input but go through the whole post haha, took him to the vet over a week ago. His first round of antibiotics is almost over. All the sores are all healed and scabbed over/healed. I soak him in a mixture of water and gerbers carrot baby food.
Also he still not eating guys. I’ve tried dandelions, clover (plus the little flowers that bloom, mustard greens, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, store bought spring mix, and petunias. I know his eyes are still closed so maybe he can’t see the food, but still