Hi Torie Mom,
I just read your about your guy's impaction and giving him mineral oil. I too have a tortoise with an impaction. He has been very slowly passing it, but recently I think he might be in pain from it. I have taken him to the vet and have been following his suggestions, but I think...
Thank you all for you welcomes. I will keep you all posted with Hermie's health. We should be getting the results back from his blood work next week. To answer a few of the questions in earlier replies...We are in San Diego. Our Hermie is impacted with gravel, the vet says he did this because he...
My 1st though was exactally like all of yours. I even thought he was stung by a bee. My husband and I checked his skin pretty closly and were not able to find anything out of the ordinary. When I took him to the vet he even looked at his skin under a magnifying glass. To answer a few of the...
Hello. My name is Jill. Three months ago my husband and I adopted my family's California Desert Tortoise, "Hermie". I will be posting a message tonight about some of the problems he is having. I look forward to chatting with you all.
Three months ago my husband and I adopted my family’s California Desert Tortoise, “Hermieâ€. We love having him and he is adapting to his new home great, although last week he started having some trouble. We’ve taken him to the vet and he is baffled. The vet has taken x-rays and can’t...
I have a California Desert Tortoise named Herman, aka Hermie, too. We just recently discovered that he had a large intestional blockage too. We started giving him Metoclopramide, as prescribed by our vet. It's a liquid medication that we put on his food. He lost interest in food and stopped...