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Hey everyone! My amazing boyfriend and I just acquired four incredible baby redfoot tortoises. They are the cutest little things. We got them on November 26th, and we were told that they hatched somewhere between September 24th and September 26th. So far, they are all doing great and eating like...

I would like to thank you all for all of your responses and time. It is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, Gilbert passed away today. I am devastated. But thank you for all of your help.

I'm happy to know that for next time, but unfortunately, my tortoise passed away today. :( thank you for the information though.

My tortoise received 6 days of Baytril injections (1 per day) two weeks ago. Now we are doing the oral liquid for him. But he is scratching his head against his shell as well. What did you end up doing for this?

I have done the saline flush and suck twice (3 times each time) and it doesn't seem to be making any improvements. I'm not sure what to do.

Thank you very much. I will try that. He seemed like he was getting really stressed out, so I stopped for now. He is now under his heat lamp. I got a thermometer gun, and the top of his shell is at 95° currently.

When you say keep at it, do you mean over and over all at once? Or every ________ minutes? Or what?

Okay, so I just flushed him with saline and sucked out with a baby nose sucker thing. Should I expect results immediately? I mean, he certainly isn't "mouth breathing" as much as he was, but he is still kind of doing it. He keeps pulling his head until his shell now too. Is that normal?

What is the best way to squirt the saline in his nostril? Like what do I need? How much should I squirt up there?

Sorry it has taken so long to reply. There has been no change in Gilbert's attitude or actions. For some reason, I can't seem to upload any pictures, but I finally got videos uploaded to YouTube, so you can see how he has been acting. All three are only between 10 and 30 sections, so they are...

I take him outside often, which is where he gets his UV. No UVB bulb. And I keep cuttlebone in his enclosure, but he doesn't seem do ever much on it.

No, that is not possible unless it happened at the vet's office, which I'm sure wouldn't be the case.

I'm in Wyoming. According to the vet thread here, the closest one is 3 hours away.

I would love to get one, but there aren't any where I am at.

I go back to see her tomorrow. But I am afraid it will again do more harm than good.

He is not swollen at all. No red, bloody marks on the shell. He peed and pooped last I think 3 days ago during a soak. He has eaten at least a little every day so far.

Okay, I will get the enclosure set up quickly. That's the hard part about living somewhere that there aren't any vets that are experienced.

He definitely basks often. I see him basking a lot under his heat lamp. So I know that is happening often. He just hasn't since my first visit to the vet because she said to keep him out of his enclosure and not to take him outside. However, I have taken him outside to at least get a little bit...

The tank might be a 50 gallon, I'm not really sure. I take him out often and let him walk around, both outside and inside. What food should I be offering? Everything that I've read say that greens are the best for them. He was a rescue (came from a like 15 gallon tank). And I'm not sure what...

My vet told me to keep him out of his enclosure for right now in case there is something in there that is causing this. So his enclosure is currently torn apart, and I'm not sure what the temp in his enclosure was prior to this. However, he is always warm when I pull him out of his enclosure)...