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We took her back yesterday, they tried saying maybe the liquid came out or evaporated etc. IMO there wasn’t enough to begin with having to fill the reservoir and the needle tip, having such a tiny dose for a tiny lil baby. They will be administering the injections, they added saline to the dose...

Ciprofloxacin, Did this, it was thawed in literal seconds. Pushed the plunger to remove air and to get the dose ready and the plunger was all the way to the end with zero liquid at the needle.

The injections are ceftazadime, for unspecified infection, yes we dethawed them it took all of 20 seconds. Suspected a disturbance in her substrate, they did not indicate respiratory issue. She developed swollen eyes, lethargy, and quit eating quit suddenly. We had previously changed to...

Our little Dorothy started showing some distress and we took her in to the vet. (Yes a reptile vet). She was prescribed antibiotic, they gave her an injection in office and sent us home with 4 shots. Today was the first shot from us, so we prepared everything, got ready and... Well lets back...

Haven't popped in for a while just wanted to share an update with Dorothy. She had started to interact with us more, food driven. She come out of her log hole when we walk by the tank, she is by the front door so she gets a bit of action. Anytime we walk by she come out. She is an eater...

Desert Box Turtle Hatched - 8/2023

Dorothy is ALWAYS under her log. Once in a while in the morning I'll catch her wandering around her tank, but then its straight back to logging. How do you know if she's getting enough light if she never comes out? What are the early warning signs shes not getting enough? She's...

Desert*^ Also

Just got the chlorhexidine today and brushed her shell. The white came off, I looked at her belly and there was quite a bit there too. She was not too happy with me, and opened her little mouth to bite. 🥹 She's normally a perfect little angel.

Greetings All. In October we acquired a baby Dessert Box TURTLE (not tortoise), unfortunately I was not there when she was picked up. We were told she was 2 months old. Right away I noticed some concerns and she wasn't in the best shape. The tiny bit of the tip of her tail appeared injured...