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Haha, it is Solo’s mum. Isn’t he adorable? I try to stay anonymous since I do go a little over board with hats on my sully and this is a tough crowd.

You are so lucky!

Last summer I received an egg from TortStork. I didn’t get the insta-hatch but a fertilized egg. I had to wait weeks which was torture but my russian baby hatched early in September. It was an amazing experience. I never thought I would be able to see a tortoise hatch. Now that TortStork has...

Maybe because mine are all in pots that the cold is harsher. I left one out outside when temps might have reached the 30’s and it looked freezer burned. The base turned white and a good outer layer flaked off. It took a few years to recover but it’s growing. Any advice on aloe? Mine has grown so...

I started a few years ago with four pads off eBay. Now my cacti grow so crazy I can’t give enough away. The most important thing when you cut a fresh pad is to let it sit and for the cut to heal over. At least a week until it is good and dry. You can let it sit for a couple of months and it will...

Update on my tortoise. We had a visit with the vet yesterday. She cleaned some gunk that was trapped under the eyelid and causing the problems. She wasn’t sure what the gunk was but it is not infection. I have new eye drops but just cleaning out lid made a huge difference. She has gained a...

I ordered the tea you used from a place in New York. I’ll talk to the vet on Saturday and get a referral. She was drinking during her soak earlier. She was stretched out basking in natural sun today. Didn’t want the banana or plantain but did eat some radicchio. Will try the sweet potato and...

No apology necessary. Those are easy foods to add. I also ordered the tea bags that someone suggested to add to the soaks.

I am addressing diet. The mazuri is gone. I am adding in more high water content greens (romaine, red and green leaf lettuce). I gave her plantains for fiber but she didn’t care for them. She is munching on radicchio right now. Any other suggestions on diet? Outside she has access to a huge...

I am not force feeding. Only giving her the medication for the gout once a day and the eye drops twice a day. I was asking if I should give her water with the syringe to keep the hydration up and help with passing poop. I have a vet appointment on Saturday (the earliest they had) to check the...

So the eye drops have not helped at all. Her eye was closed this morning. I gave her the gout meds and she is soaking now. Put another call into the vet. Who frankly seems useless. She can’t explain the eye and mentioned the only gout patient she had died. Thanks for the positive thoughts there...

I tuck her into my bra next to my heart and carry her around for weeks if it would work. It works on kittens!

Thanks, I am not giving up. It’s only been a week on the meds. If I can I will heal her from shear force of will.

Her leg appears the same. No better no worse but now one eye is half closed. That showed up last night. See picture attached. I don’t know if the gout meds got in there and irritated it or not. She’ll retract her head so fast when I’m doing the meds some gets on her face. I’ve been doing the...

Thanks to everyone here I feel much more confident. I have a plan to help her recover. She is a tough little thing with a big personality. I’ll update on her progress but I feel very hopeful with all the great information you guys have given me.

I am already doing the long warm soaks and will get her off the mazuri. It has been a recent addiction. She has been a good eater with mustard greens and radicchio as favorites. On the outside enclosure I just added more organic soil and packed it down nice. Making it a little easier for her to...

See below lab report. I wish it had more information. It says female but of course I don’t know the sex at this age. I just say her because she/he is so beautiful.

Thank you! I will check into it.

Thank you. I’m just spinning. I used the mercury vapor bulbs not the long fluorescent bulb Markw84 recommended. But temps were good and I use a humidifer to help keep the humidity maintained. I also use the coconut coir instead of reptile bark. I tried the bark when she was tiny but she...

I picked up the medication that was compounded specifically for her needs. Called allopurinol and she gets .25ml once a day. I’ve asked the vet to send me a copy of the lab report. I’ll start researching diet changes and look for any supplemental care I can provide. If she needs more hydration...