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Luckily we didn't have to go to that as all was cleared up. I know the vet said it would as if all else failed. Thanks

Hi, they have never mentioned thyroid, so I doubt it was checked, though if it was then all was fine. All I know is that they did blood work at my request this year. I will ask about thyroid if it happens again next year. Thank you

Hello, So sorry for the delay in replying and sorry to hear you are also going through this with your tortoise. There's nothing that I haven't shared, unfortunately for you. I just looked up what Sam was treated with and it was Rimadyl (anti inflammatory) and Marbocyl (anti biotic). My tortoise...

Hello all, kept meaning to do an update on here and have finally gotten around to it. Start off by saying Sam is well and back to normal so the injections worked like every other time and the vet discharged her without further treatment. The blood and lymphatic fluid results showed high...

Ah, thank you. I'll definitely let you know the outcome of her test results 😊

It does appear as though the swelling has already gone down, I'll attach a recent photo. She does always seem to eat well. She refused any tortoise pellet food we've ever offered though, so has veg and fruit and plants she finds in the garden like dandelions and for some reason she loves a...

Update after seeing the vet today... She said that Sam definitely has a respiratory infection so the antibiotic injections have begun. The vet then said she wanted to scan her to see if her egg situation has changed, to which I said there was no point as we had decided to not spay her. The vet...

Thank you for your reply. I'll definitely probe for more info and ask for bloods to be done

Haha! That would be cute to see

I will definitely stand my ground on the no spaying. I feel newly supported in my thinking after posting in here. Thank you for all your help. Bloods is a good idea, I'll ask the vet tomorrow. Good news is that Sam is still eating and the swelling doesn't seem worse since this morning :)

Thank you, I also found that reference online. It happens overnight so I know it's not the obesity reason, which leads me down the renal path. I'll stand my ground tomorrow and ask lots more questions if the vet pushes spaying again.

Thank you for your reply. I agree, it's not a simple op and I can't see why it would help my tortoise. For sure we keep her in the water tub for a while, she just moves round a lot and attempts to climb out but the walls are just that bit too high :)

Hi, thank you for your reply and tagging. The vet we saw is supposedly the reptile expert at the practice. I couldn't help but get the impression that she wanted to do a spay for experience as she said she'd only done one before. When I've looked up things online I can only find it may be...

Hello all, Just looking for a bit of advice from people with more experience than myself really. As a family we were given a (I believe) Mediterranean spur thighed tortoise called Samantha about 35 years ago when her owners didn't want her anymore. Her previous owners had her as children and...