agnes&theo
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Hi everyone.
My four year old, male Burmese Star tortoise has had diarrhea that I found in their enclosure. We cleaned him up and he drank some water in the bath for dehydration and was awake, alert, and wanted to run around and eat. His tail was all matted in poop though. There was no diarrhea the next day, but he had diarrhea again today. It's runny, darkish brown, with a gel-like consistency.
His mate/friend, another 4-year-old Burmese Star, is healthy with no diarrhea.
His diet consists of dandelion greens, whet grass, hibiscus leaves, endive, radicchio, chard, occasional carrot shavings, and sometimes collard greens (if I can sneak them in without him noticing). I sometimes give him little bits of banana, like halves of quarter sized pieces. He is good about drinking water and gets a bath twice a week. Normal urates. No weight loss.
We have a call into our zoo vet, but they're on holiday today so we won't get a callback for about 24 hours. Just wanted to know your thoughts.
Thanks!
My four year old, male Burmese Star tortoise has had diarrhea that I found in their enclosure. We cleaned him up and he drank some water in the bath for dehydration and was awake, alert, and wanted to run around and eat. His tail was all matted in poop though. There was no diarrhea the next day, but he had diarrhea again today. It's runny, darkish brown, with a gel-like consistency.
His mate/friend, another 4-year-old Burmese Star, is healthy with no diarrhea.
His diet consists of dandelion greens, whet grass, hibiscus leaves, endive, radicchio, chard, occasional carrot shavings, and sometimes collard greens (if I can sneak them in without him noticing). I sometimes give him little bits of banana, like halves of quarter sized pieces. He is good about drinking water and gets a bath twice a week. Normal urates. No weight loss.
We have a call into our zoo vet, but they're on holiday today so we won't get a callback for about 24 hours. Just wanted to know your thoughts.
Thanks!