-Soaking is not harmful. You can do as much as you want.Hello, so Bronzlee is still alive!! Never knew what the third eye was until this morning. I read that soaking her every 3 hours will bring down the swelling under her shell, which it has. I soaked her in 1/2 water and pumpkin with some dandelion leaves mashed in it. After each soak she has wanted to eat, even with calcium on it. Her head color has darkened and her breathing is very deep (don’t know how to explain it) I am at loss what to do, she looks like on the edge of death on second but after soaking her she is wondering around. Today was the warmest day we have had in Washington so I took her outside, she explored for one hour. She is still really swollen under her shell, eyes are like little black bb’s. I am afraid if I don’t soak her she might die, I am taking her to the vet first thing in the morning. Question I guess, is all the soaking bad? Should I continue throughout the night? Is she in pain? She hasn’t peed. I one poop this morning and a little diarrhea. Thank you again for everything
-I don't have any way of knowing if the tortoise is in pain.
-They pee clear liquid in the soak water when they are well hydrated. You won't see it.
-There is nothing a vet can do, and they mostly misdiagnose the problem and do the wrong things that make it worse. They think it is calcium deficiency and inject calcium, or they give the tortoise a "vitamin injection". Both of these are totally unnecessary, and their already strained little systems can't handle it. Vets do not know tortoises in most cases. There are few exceptions.