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  1. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Thank you for your suggestions, I will try to take it on board thank you. I do offer him fresh food every day and left with him if he doesn't take but yea he hasn't eaten in over a month like I say :/ (also give him soak and water too). Unfortunately cannot move him inside unless he could be...
  2. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Oh he was sick already when he met them, but I didn't ever consider that actually, woops :/ probably didn't help... will bear that in mind for the future, it makes sense of course. And silly to put the healthy tortoises with sick Fred too now that I think of it :s. Luckily was only a short visit...
  3. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Ooh ill try the mashed carrot (he used to love carrot) and also get him nice and blinged up thank you :P Unfortunately getting him X-rayed would require a reptile specialist, which costs too much for us as it's £200 for a first meeting, but I think the spewing liquid from his mouth may rule it...
  4. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Oh thank you :) nice to hear as he's a bit insecure about his looks since the neighbours' shiny tortoises came over showing off and stuff. Thank you for your well wishes
  5. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Thank you! Yes this is what I actually guessed, he looked just like the 'Dalmatian tortoise' variant of T.h. boettgeri as I saw here (https://www.hermannihaven.com/comparing-hermann-s-tortoise-subspe), when he was healthier I'm glad you came to the same conclusion! And thanks for your...
  6. conor5

    Elderly tortoise id

    Hi, hope this is the right place for this, my family pet tortoise is (presumably) old and dying :( and going to be euthanised this week unless anything changes, but today someone asked me what species he is and I realised I don't know. So was wondering if anyone could give it a shot at which...
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