Big Bertha Doing Great

[bouaboua]

Today she may or may not have eaten.
It rained and made a mess before I could bring her inside.
I'll put extra in the tube tonight. Since she has been eating whole leaves, the plan is to give her a pile in the morning.

OK. I found this update.

You are amazing like I said.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You are amazing of what you did. How is the torts doing? Sorry, I did not read through all the pages..................

Very little day to day progress but last week there was a giant leap forward.
She's still not ok.
I'm expecting another month or two of recovery.
Thanks for your kind words.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

OK
Saturday and Sunday no food eaten orally.
The eating marathon has hit another snag.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oh, no!
Drat it.
Back to being patient again.

 

[leigti]

OK
Saturday and Sunday no food eaten orally.
The eating marathon has hit another snag.

Hang in there.

 

[DawnH]

OK
Saturday and Sunday no food eaten orally.
The eating marathon has hit another snag.

Well, drat.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

This is just insane! She ate more and more for five days in a row and now has stopped again, Not a nibble in four days. (Not even mango.)

 

[Anyfoot]

This is just insane! She ate more and more for five days in a row and now has stopped again, Not a nibble in four days. (Not even mango.)

Have you changed anything at all. Within the last week or so. I mean from when you thought you was seeing a change in her.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

This is what she was doing months ago before the tube went in.

 

[Anyfoot]

This is what she was doing months ago before the tube went in.

So have you stopped it with the tube.

 

[Anyfoot]

This is what she was doing months ago before the tube went in.

So in the 5 days she ate. What did she eat.

 

[Gillian M]

Oh, no!
Drat it.
Back to being patient again.

Oh yes....patience is the first thing to keep in mind when one decides to go for a tort as a pet, let alone if and when it falls ill.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

So in the 5 days she ate. What did she eat.

Bibb lettuce only and then also Romain and eventually strawberry and banana.
Then nothing.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Oh yes....patience is the first thing to keep in mind when one decides to go for a tort as a pet, let alone if and when it falls ill.

I'm patient. I had just hoped that she was over the worst of it.
Even once she eats every day I still have to keep the tube in for weeks at least.

 

[Anyfoot]

Bibb lettuce only and then also Romain and eventually strawberry and banana.
Then nothing.

Bibb lettuce only and then also Romain and eventually strawberry and banana.
Then nothing.

Is she still alert or gone back to being lethargic? What about for hydration?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Her eyes are alert. she does walk just a little when she is outside. She goes outside each day.
The only hydration is the about 25-35 ml of Pedialite she gets in the daily injections.
It's just that I thought this progress would continue this time and it has hit another snag.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I'm going to Email my vet and ask if a warm water soak would be O.K.
It would easily be over the incision line, so I haven't soaked her.

 

[Anyfoot]

I'm going to Email my vet and ask if a warm water soak would be O.K.
It would easily be over the incision line, so I haven't soaked her.

I was going to ask if any of the more experienced on here recommended a warm bath. All my torts are more active after a forced soak. Not that they are I'll. But in general it wakens them up a bit. Also I wanted to see if anyone thought about feeding protein to build her up a bit. Does banana and strawberries have enough sugar in it to give her a boost from weakness. Does a sugar boost work on torts. Questions questions. Chin up ed.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I've been placing some extra bird vitamins in the tube food. That seemed to do the trick last week.
My vet says that it is O.K. to soak her, so tonight she's going in the sink.
(I have a very large sink.)
If anything, the sugary foods given to my other tortoises seems to make them sleepy.....

 

[Gillian M]

I've been placing some extra bird vitamins in the tube food. That seemed to do the trick last week.
My vet says that it is O.K. to soak her, so tonight she's going in the sink.
(I have a very large sink.)
If anything, the sugary foods given to my other tortoises seems to make them sleepy.....

Good evening Ed. Glad to hear Bertha is better.