I am in pieces. My otherwise healthy tortoise, Mungo, became ill in the early hours of this morning.
She had a womb prolapse, possibly caused by a tumour. She passed several undeveloped eggs, so she may have been egg bound.
The vet had to euthanise my little girl. The vet said it was not...
I saw her eating something only to find her biting a praying mantis and a small hairworm came out of it and I couldn't get it out of her mouth resulting in her swallowing it. I read about them and I saw they don't affect reptiles but I'm still extremely afraid. I can't take her to a vet this...
New here not sure if I’m doing this right but I’m so stressed and upset 😭 today I realised my younger tortoise died and I’m unsure why (the end of last year I thought I was going to lose him but thought he was attempting to hibernate not sure 😭)
He always slept a fair bit so didn’t think much...
We have had our Sulcata just over a year. It initially had RI shortly after we acquired him. We treated him with antibiotics and I believe they gave him a shot...calcium? I'm not sure. Well, he stayed sick on and off for months. His skin peeled it was scary. I syringe fed him for a while...
Basically I took my pet Herman tortoise out of hibernation yesterday she was very stiff and not responsive. I tried everything I bathed her in warm water, I pinched her limbs to try to get some movement. This was her 5th year with me and so her 4 hibernation,(since I did not hibernate her her...
This is my first post, and I’m so sorry it’s a quite depressing subject. Actually, one of the only reasons I joined Tortoise Forum is because I needed advice and comfort.
My sweet, sassy sulcata tortoise, Koopa Troopa, died a few weeks ago from heat stroke. I was at work and my brother had put...
I recently bought a tortoise from a breeder on the 8th of August. A five year old Russian tortoise. For the first few days he didn’t want to eat. I figured it was probably because the temperature in his enclosure wasn’t right or maybe because he was just getting used to his new environment. I...
I got a greek tortoise hatchling a few weeks ago. Last night I had him out of his cage while he was asleep and while he was in my hand he peed and then stretched out his legs and then his head bt 3 times. Since then he has not responded to touch. Last afterwards he felt extremely limp and did...
Sorry for a depressing post, but I would like to know how others cope with their tortoise loss.
I live in Southern California. The desert tortoise was in my family for 50 years. Different generations took care of the tortoise, and it was my mom's turn to take care of him. (The tortoise was a...
Sadly, my Male Indian Star Tortoise Nostradamus, passed away unexpectedly yesterday. I was pretty upset and dumbfounded but I knew I wanted to preserve his shell. I posted on one of the local facebook groups asking for someone who could do this and was luckily enough to meet a man named Ryan...
On May 9, my tortoise that I had for 5 years died. On May 6, I noticed he wasn't walking around much anymore. Sometimes he'd be in same spot 12+ hours later. I knew something was wrong day 1, but everyone around me said I was being dramatic. After 3 days of him barley moving I decided to make my...
hello everyone,
My 2 year old tortoise named Shellk was very active. We had our vet checkup 3 days ago and he was in the best condition he could be. Today he started acting in a very unusual manner. He had constant mucus coming out and was acting like he couldn’t breathe. Eventually I saw a tiny...