My 94 pound male sulcata has a bladder infection and needs antibiotic shots except he wont let me inject him with the needle. Any tricks to giving a large tortoise shots? Seven years ago he had a respiratory infection and I flipped him on his back to immobilize him and was able to give him the...
He does have an infection from what the blood test shows, going tomorrow to pick up his antibiotics. He does have a high phosphorus and calcium level in his blood and I am wondering about that. The vet already left for the day so I will have to ask her about that tomorrow.
No bladder stones yeah they put him under anesthesia to get blood sample he is still at vet picking him up in another hour we will see what the blood test shows they also did a beak trim which he needs. He was real active at the vet and peed all over lol
I walked into my sulcatas shed today and it smells very strong of ammonia I never noticed anything like that before. He has been lethargic and not been out of his shed in days I am worried about a bladder stone and he has an appointment with a reptile vet in Seattle on Thursday morning. I am...
My 13 year old over 100 pound male sulcata still tries to go through the wooden fence in the backyard even so he can't see what is on the other side he wants out. This only happens in the summer time though, I am thinking he is looking to get out to find a mate. He has a big backyard all to...
I am concerned that my 4 year old sulcata might have aspirated some water. She had urates in her soaking water a couple days ago and when I took her out of the water she had urates on her nose and her whole face was wet. She always tries to eat anything white and I am thinking she tried to eat...
I have a 12 year old male sulcata and a 4 year old don't know yet sulcata. My large male has been living in a heated shed outside for the last 2 years. He can come and go as he likes and will even come out into the yard when it is raining or when there is snow on the ground. He will come out...
Took her to the exotic animal clinic today she did a culture swab in her mouth and she will need antibiotics because she sounds congested the vet said but she does not think it is pneumonia. We will find out what antibiotic will be best in a few days after they culture the swab in a lab. I gave...
local vet that also sees reptiles but does not specialize in them. No I never tried the float test it sounds scary I don't want to drown her. I will raise her temps at night to 80 plus degrees and see it that helps. I am assuming that the day temps are in the nineties under her heat lamp but...
I am taking her to a different vet tomorrow she is an actual exotic animal vet that I have used for my reptiles in the past she is an hour away from me that is why I first took her to a
No I don't think temps are too low. I keep her on a tort table in my iguana room where it is about 85 degrees during the day and 70 at night. I acquired this sulcata 2 month ago from a petshop in a not so good part of a town I was visiting. She is supposedly 4 years old weighs only 1 3/4 pound...
My 4 year old sulcata had a runny nose and was treated with antibiotic drops which I put in her nostrils 2x a day. Her runny nose is now gone but whenever I pick her up and turn her face up in the air like when I put drops in her nostrils she opens her mouth like she is having a breathing...