#sicktortoise

Meet my almost-five-month-old sulcata tortoise, Tortellini (photo attached)! He has been sick for 10 days, acting lethargic and refusing to eat. The vet gave him antibiotic shots that I administer once every three days. These seem to have increased his energy. However, he still isn't eating...

Hello everyone. This is my first time posting here. I've had my Russian tortoise for about 3 months now, and up until a few weeks ago, he's been in good health. He typically has a ravenous appetite and uses the bathroom almost every day. Around two weeks ago he became less interested in food and...

Recently bought a leopard tortoise from a reptile show. He has dark eyes. He sleeps about 20 hours out of the day. I soak him 20 minutes a day and keep him outside 14 hours and inside 10 hours at night to avoid predation . I live in Texas for context . He eats grass , spring mix , succulent ...

I have a 7 year old Hermanns tortoise. He will not wake up from hibernation. I've tried bathing him daily, I've partitioned off his enclosure so he is in the warmer half as he defaults to burrowing in the cold half of his 5ft enclosure. It's still quite cold here in Ireland at this time of year...

Hello again! Thank you guys for your advice on Koopa. He’s been doing fantastic and he no longer has little snot bubbles. Unfortunately now my brothers sulcata Zulu is having a little bit of trouble and I’d appreciate some advice. He’s going to the vet tomorrow. His tortoise has been lethargic...

i got a red footed tortoise about a week ago, since I’ve had him he’s always had little snot bubbles and make clicking and squeaky noises when he pulls his head into his shell. I thought it was part of his personality until I read the snot bubbles may be a sign of a respiratory infection. He has...

Hii, my name is Ji and I adopted three male baby hermann tortoise (JH, Rio and Pilo) 11 months ago. Now they are around 9cm in size. My other two is fine but I noticed that my biggest one (JH) had always had runny nose frequently and his breathing sounds heavy at times. Their enclosure is quite...

I’ve noticed my tortoise having these weird brown absecessss on its neck and legs, I’m worried it can be Myiasis, aka fly strike. It’s on both sides of his legs. I’m worried but I don’t want to have him to take him into the vet if I don’t need to. Has anyone ever experienced this before and...

My baby Sulcata named Franklin is about 4 months old. He is about 2 1/2 inches long, 1 3/4 wide. He was doing fine for a little but after a few days, he stopped walking as much, his eyes are shut, and he lost his appetite. I took him to the vet and they said they couldn’t tube feed him since he...