medical advice

Hi everyone I was recently given a baby ornate box turtle from a reptile hoarding situation. He seems to be doing quite well he is extremely active, eating normally, soaking in his bath regularly, and his overall showing no abnormal behaviors. I recently got him to start eating off of my tongs...

I am familiar with urates, but this does not look like a normal urate. It is hard and brittle. This is the first time she has excreted something like this. History of My Tortoise: Species: Indian Star Tortoise Weight: 1kg. I got her 20 days ago. Within two days, I noticed she had pinworms...

Hello All, My tortoise is having some kind of skin infection due to which it has several white yellow blisters on his skin and eyes. I'm not sure what I need to do to help them heal quickly. Can someone please help me I'm very new to have turtoise as a pet and I'm from a place there are not a...

So I recently took in my fiends 2 year old RF, and I noticed a weird bloody spot on top of his head. Does anyone know what this is and the cause of it? And if it a really big issue, should I be taking him to the vet? If it comes to that could y'all please recommend some vets in the area (Houston...

Ok so I’m kinna freaking out. I have had my tortoise for around 3 years and a half. I usually let him out in my room to wonder cause even if he has a big *** enclosure, he likes scratching at the walls till I let him out, so I let him out. Today I did just that, and went to cook, I came back...

To the wonderful folks here at Tortoise Forum, I have two adult Russian tortoises, which I have taken care of for roughly 15-17 years. One (Piggy, male) was adopted from a friend of a family member. The second (Pokey, female) was purchased from a local pet store a few years later. These two...

I have a northern red bellied cooter, I'm not sure how old he is but he's about an inch big and I've had him for three days. Ever since I put him in the tank he's been floating with his butt higher than his front. I'm pretty sure it's a gas issue but I'm super worried about accidentally harming...

Hi, I found an item for sale online for treating worm infections which is intended for cats and dogs, but I also heard people using a similar product so I wanted to know if it is safe for a medium sized Russian tortoise and if so how much is the doze and how should I use the medicine

its currently summer here with average temperatures over 30 C (80% humidity) and my tort used to eat properly in winter and somehow, since it transitioned from winter to summer, my indian star tort has been sleeping most of the time and very little physical activity and eats food very rarely...

My tortoises head is a little dry and peeling. Normally I would just soak him and let it work itself out, but the placement of the peeling is getting his head stuck. It was hard to get a picture at a good angle but the big scale right at the top of his head is peeling up right above his nose...

Hi, Razie has been prescribed Marbofloxacin 6.5ml every other day. Its dose 3 and he is now suspicious of the fruit I bring him and he will not eat it if he smells the medicine. I have tried poking holes in fruit with a straw to put the medicine in. I was wondering if I could put the medicine...

Hi everyone, so my tortoise’s appetite decreased over the last few weeks to the point where now, he doesn’t want to eat at all. We persevere, and usually manage to get him to eat a couple of his wet pellets, a small bit of broccoli, or a tiny bit of lettuce/kale, and then he gives up and...

Hi, I have a four-month-old eastern Hermann's tortoise named Valentino and he/she has this small bump/piece of skin that hangs off the side of his neck (I attached pictures). I purchased Tino from a reliable breeder in my area at 45 days was told Tino was perfectly healthy. The bump hasn't grown...

My little guy is very sick Hey guys, so my little sulcata Tortoise is very sick. We took him to the vet and they told me that for being at least 4 months old he's very little and he has a soft shell. They wanted to intern him but we can't afford it cause we don't have that type of money. We...

So on Wednesday, I took my tortoise into the vet for a beak trim. He's a ~7 year old Hermann's tortoise. The vet was an exotics vet, and after trimming called me to ask if she could do some bloodwork. She said that this was all part of his check-up and that his skin seemed a little thick...

Today when I went in my backyard to check on him, I noticed a poop mostly comprised of pits and some wet stool in between them. It was not long after I saw him standing on his penis but keeping it out for longer than usual, then trying to pull it back in but the tip of his penis was still...

A neighbors dog jumped our fence and I believe it got a hold of our tortoise or possibly she got stuck somewhere at injured herself trying to get out? It looks to be injured a gular horn and some blood on its front legs with scales missing. Do I need to take her somewhere immediately? Will...

Hello, I have an approximately 4 month old suclata hatchling. Over the last few days I've noticed his shell is soft all over both the plasteron and carapace. He also seemed to have changed colors to a darker tan. He is kept in a large bin with coco chips substrate with a humidity hide with wet...

Hi everyone I rescued a Chinese box turtle on Monday. She has been kept in **** poor conditions (no heat/UVB lamp, improper diet, extremely dry and dusty bedding) for many years. I knew shed be dehydrated but I was surprised to see she was worse off than I expected (pics when i first picked...