Calcium injections

[Tom]

Thank you Tom! I have xray yes and I had posted in a different post! It's not like a sponge! It's flexible! Yes my fault! My mistake I left them without the proper care! Please can I know if the shell by time will become hard? Is it too late? Are they going to live?

Flexible is normal and okay. After a year of proper diet, good UV, and calcium supplementation, your tortoise should be fine.

Another X-ray will tell you if the rocks in the gut are stuck and causing impaction, or if they have moved down the line, or passed entirely.

 

[EppsDynasty]

@philipgreece ... I commend you for admitting mis managed care, it takes a stand up person to do that. Unfortunately there is a world of misinformation to fuel this. Great for you to care enough to fix whatever needs to be.

 

[philipgreece]

Flexible is normal and okay. After a year of proper diet, good UV, and calcium supplementation, your tortoise should be fine.

Another X-ray will tell you if the rocks in the gut are stuck and causing impaction, or if they have moved down the line, or passed entirely.

I have to do another xray! But isn't good that he poops everyday and pee too? Should I try aloe vera too? I give him just a small portion cactus every day! I haven't seen any rocks almost 2 months now!

 

[philipgreece]

@philipgreece ... I commend you for admitting mis managed care, it takes a stand up person to do that. Unfortunately there is a world of misinformation to fuel this. Great for you to care enough to fix whatever needs to be.

I try my best everyday and I really love them! I hope everything is going to be ok!

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

That's my problem! I share the house with another guy and I can't have all the space I needA that's why I take them outside under my surveillance and they walk under the sun and exercise for 2 hours per day! In future when I find space I will fix them a big house! I have to soak them all the time and give them the food wet because they don't drink water from the bowls! But they pee and poop normally everyday!

Tom has answered you about MBD (from the photos it doesn't look like a severe case). Mild pyramiding is a pure cosmetic.
So, I guess you don't need calcium shots. But to make another XRay - makes sense, to be sure that all stones are gone. Certainly, it's good that he poops every day. As I remember you can do xrays without a long trip to the vet.

If you can build them some shaded and planted space in the yard - that would be great. Better divided in two, for each tortoise.

 

[philipgreece]

Tom has answered you about MBD (from the photos it doesn't look like a severe case). Mild pyramiding is a pure cosmetic.
So, I guess you don't need calcium shots. But to make another XRay - makes sense, to be sure that all stones are gone. Certainly, it's good that he poops every day. As I remember you can do xrays without a long trip to the vet.

If you can build them some shaded and planted space in the yard - that would be great. Better divided in two, for each tortoise.

I will have another X-ray yes! I have to build something outside! It's difficult to find space! At least I give them practice! Also I have bottle with water and I give them on shell to hydrate them! When I soak him about 40 minutes he is active and I can see that he can walk normally! I can see that cam stand his body from the ground! Thank you! I give my best! I give as much sun as I can! Pleated me! Am I going to need calcium with d3? I think it takes from sun!

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

I will have another X-ray yes! I have to build something outside! It's difficult to find space! At least I give them practice! Also I have bottle with water and I give them on shell to hydrate them! When I soak him about 40 minutes he is active and I can see that he can walk normally! I can see that cam stand his body from the ground! Thank you! I give my best! I give as much sun as I can! Pleated me! Am I going to need calcium with d3? I think it takes from sun!

With plenty of sun and UVB lamp additional D3 is not necessary. And you can overdose it with supplements (that could not happen with D3 they make from the sun).

I hope Danny will get well.

 

[philipgreece]

With plenty of sun and UVB lamp additional D3 is not necessary. And you can overdose it with supplements (that could not happen with D3 they make from the sun).

I hope Danny will get well.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you guys!

 

[TammyJ]

If Danny and Wilma are kept in the same enclosure, then they are both suffering to some extent just from the stress of being kept together, and that's just a fact of tortoise keeping. Certainly, I hope that they are not together, because if they are, his chances of thriving are not good, nor hers either.

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

If Danny and Wilma are kept in the same enclosure, then they are both suffering to some extent just from the stress of being kept together, and that's just a fact of tortoise keeping. Certainly, I hope that they are not together, because if they are, his chances of thriving are not good, nor hers either.

Philip keeps them separate, it was advised earlier and he did it with all other improvements. I hope he can do something with outdoors enclosures, so they can be outside more and separated as well.

 

[philipgreece]

If Danny and Wilma are kept in the same enclosure, then they are both suffering to some extent just from the stress of being kept together, and that's just a fact of tortoise keeping. Certainly, I hope that they are not together, because if they are, his chances of thriving are not good, nor hers either.

I don't have them in the same enclosure! I just have them outside to take sun in my yard!