Hello all,
my name is Jette and I come from Germany (my English is not the best, sorry).
I have a male 28y old Russian Tortoise and worried about his urates, which are gritty. This has been started in June 09, therefore, I contacted a Vet and he gave me the advice to raise the water supply and to bath him.
As the tortoise doesn´t like to drink during bathing, I gave him cucumber and wet leaves and the urates became better. However, in the moment, when I stop this kind of feeding, the urates become gritty some days later again. He drops out a white poop nearly every day instead of every 2 or 3 days. The feces became soft now, I´m sure this is due to the cucumber, because the Vets didn´t find any parasites.
I don´t know, what I can do. The tortoise is active and shows a normal behaviour, but I´m afraid regarding kidney or other healthly problems.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Jette
my name is Jette and I come from Germany (my English is not the best, sorry).
I have a male 28y old Russian Tortoise and worried about his urates, which are gritty. This has been started in June 09, therefore, I contacted a Vet and he gave me the advice to raise the water supply and to bath him.
As the tortoise doesn´t like to drink during bathing, I gave him cucumber and wet leaves and the urates became better. However, in the moment, when I stop this kind of feeding, the urates become gritty some days later again. He drops out a white poop nearly every day instead of every 2 or 3 days. The feces became soft now, I´m sure this is due to the cucumber, because the Vets didn´t find any parasites.
I don´t know, what I can do. The tortoise is active and shows a normal behaviour, but I´m afraid regarding kidney or other healthly problems.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Jette