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    Grazing Aldabras

    My Aldabra, 4 years old, 14' x11', tall back, 22LB. Is this normal to you? ^_^
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    Grazing Aldabras

    My Aldabra, 4 years old, 14' x11', tall back, 22LB. Is this normal to you? ^_^
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    Grazing Aldabras

    Wow, how come your aldabras are so round??!!
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    Thanks everybody, Its poops become more greeny tonight, no more transparent coating, yay!
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    really? looks like good poop? wow. OK, many thanks! PS. are u sure? it looks a bit transparent, no more metronidazole? PS2. you have helped save it, thanks, I listened to you, and I will listen to you again ~stop de-wormer now. [hr] really? it looks brownish green, and a bit transparent...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    It eats lettuce, then it eats Mazuri by itself !!! [hr] BUT its poop is still light green, what should I do? Should I give it Metronidazole again? (I fed it 3 times before already, each time 6mg, with interval of 2-3 days). Thanks....
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    IT EATS by itself - after 40 days of not eating!!! It started eating just a little bit of lettuce last night, and then now 18:30, it eats a piece of lettuce leaf! Amysemys's method worked, I gave it total 3 times of Metronidazole 6mg, and forcefed it with Glucose water + Eletrolyte water +...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    thanks, I see, will forcefeed more fiber to the tort gradually. :) [hr] OK, will do ;) [hr] It is still very active, but very thin, and I keep him warm and 70-80% humid, forcefeed everyday water+glucose+Mazuri mush+grass powder, its weight fluctuates between 94g and 96g, not gaining much...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    The tort is still not eating, but still active. Tonight I soaked it for 1 hour in very very warm water, it pooped out all of the force-fed foods that owner previously gave it. I want to flush out all its intestine clean. Then I force-fed it electrolyte water + glucose + Mazuri mush water...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    Thank you. don't worry, I can wait, it's 3:47am here now, I sleep now. BTW, that kid, the owner mistakenly gave 2 times to the sulcata with Levamisole HCL for protozoa infection. :( Levamisole HCL is rather poisonous, it is not for treating protozoa but parasites. :( could Levamisole HCL...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    OK, thanks. this kid said that he gave up, just return him the corpse if dies. :(
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    Dear experts, I am in Asia, I am a high school student, I have saved some poor school kids' land tortoises in the past couple years, because they had no money to go to the vets. I have recently a rare case with me, need your urgent advice: A kid's sulcata, 7.5cm bottom shell, 93.5g 3 days ago...
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    Urgent help save a sulcata, rare case

    Uegent Help, Sulcata sick, rare case. Dear sulcata experts, I am in Asia, I am a high school student, I have saved poor school kids' land tortoises in the past couple years, because they had no money to go to the vets. I have recently a rare case with me, very strange, need your urgent...
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    remote coontrolled Sulcata

    remote coontrolled Sulcata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzqGk9CgX4
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    How many days to poo

    Finally, I lost my patience, I tried everything to get her to poo but failed. Just now, I flipped her over, upside-down, and blew warm heater air toward her tail, her tail moved left and right, and after 15 minutes, five pieces of poos came out, they were not hard, only medium-hard, and moist...
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    How many days to poo

    Please help. My aldabra (35cm now) always poos once every 3-4 days. This week, she hasn't poo like 10 days now, why? (she pees daily without prob, eats normally) I am so worried. :( How many days the poos stay inside her is normal? thanks. (she's very heavy this week, with poos inside...
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    Pyramiding isn’t the worst thing when looking at Giant tortoises

    Is splay a BMD? My aldabra (35cm) has splay back legs :( because she doesn't like to walk during the cold weather. But in summer I make her walk a lot, then she's better.
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    Goose & Aldabra in Love

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cni88AYMAas
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    My Aldabra in hottub

    Thanks for your great advice again. Yes, I am dedicated to raising my aldabra, I've even sold all my other tortoises, now only spend lots of time studying and raising this one aldabra, lol.
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    My Aldabra in hottub

    Thanks. My aldabra loves hot bath. I bathe him once everyday or at least once every 2 days. Yes, it grows fast, I feed him Mazuri food mainly, 5-10 pcs when he was a baby, now 13 pcs daily, but I also give him some vegies and fruits from time to time, around once every 2-3 days. I also feed...
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