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[volcom6981]

Yea thats what im planning on doing. Well i did get him to eat alittle today, but still would love to see him find the food himself and actully just stop to eat. Its not really the greens that i want him to eat but at least it was something.

 

[volcom6981]

So took him to the vet he decided to give him a shot of vitamin A&D, with some calcium. Brought him home and now he's almost dead, he dosnt move tried soaking him some, but dosnt move at all. So I'm guessing I should have not taken him there, and tried to fix this myself. Who knows maybe this hachling was never right. First baby that is going to die on me, so this is very crazy, because I'm not really sure what was wrong. Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[Baoh]

Sorry to read this. D should have been fine, but A is often advised against and there are lots of cases of bad reactions to A shots in hatchlings.

 

[volcom6981]

Sorry to read this. D should have been fine, but A is often advised against and there are lots of cases of bad reactions to A shots in hatchlings.

Yea i didnt know he was giving the A shot, because i told him i was doing a soak with baby food everyother soak. He took the tortoise with him in the back, for a boost shot only to find out he did A&D and calcium. Well i was hoping for the best but he did die tonight. Whether or not going to the vet would have helped is beyond me, but it was amazing how fast it went downhill. All summer being outside he was great, and then boom it all went downhill in October. So guess ill never know what was wrong, but it makes me mad as its the first hachling i have ever lost.

 

[Watsonpartyof4]

Yea i didnt know he was giving the A shot, because i told him i was doing a soak with baby food everyother soak. He took the tortoise with him in the back, for a boost shot only to find out he did A&D and calcium. Well i was hoping for the best but he did die tonight. Whether or not going to the vet would have helped is beyond me, but it was amazing how fast it went downhill. All summer being outside he was great, and then boom it all went downhill in October. So guess ill never know what was wrong, but it makes me mad as its the first hachling i have ever lost.

I am so sorry for your loss! Poor little guy, you did the best you could so don't beat yourself up. Sending you positive energy.

 

[TortoiseBoy1999]

Yea i didnt know he was giving the A shot, because i told him i was doing a soak with baby food everyother soak. He took the tortoise with him in the back, for a boost shot only to find out he did A&D and calcium. Well i was hoping for the best but he did die tonight. Whether or not going to the vet would have helped is beyond me, but it was amazing how fast it went downhill. All summer being outside he was great, and then boom it all went downhill in October. So guess ill never know what was wrong, but it makes me mad as its the first hachling i have ever lost.

I'm so sorry. That's weird, I did not know about the A shot. The vet gave my baby Leopard tortoise a vitamin shot when I took him to the vet right before he died. Maybe it had Vitamin A in it. I am very sorry for you. That's what happened to my baby Leopard. He was all healthy and then he died in 2 days....