keithandcil
New Member
Hi Everyone,
We have a 23y/o male Sulcata tortoise that we’ve raised since he was a wee little hatchling at 8 weeks old. He’s healthy at 117 lbs today. Well, our big guy ate a fair share of bark on the ground while eating is food last week and now he’s unable to pass his stool. He got an enema at his vet two days ago to help clear him up and we’ve done 3 warm water soakings for 30min at a time. So far, no stool with exception of what our vet could pull out. Has anyone experienced this unfortunate occurrence? Our vet is suggesting to feed if he’s able to ingest anything, veggies/fruit with a high water content as it will help provide more moisture to his intestinal tract. So far he has only eaten a handful of strawberries. We’ll attempt watermelon and cucumbers today. He’s very backed up and we don’t expect he’ll eat much. If anyone here can offer some suggestions, we’d greatly appreciate it. He’s scheduled for another enema tomorrow! We feel terrible he got into the bark. He’s never eaten it before! But noticed some of of his alfalfa hay got on there. Thanks in advance.
We have a 23y/o male Sulcata tortoise that we’ve raised since he was a wee little hatchling at 8 weeks old. He’s healthy at 117 lbs today. Well, our big guy ate a fair share of bark on the ground while eating is food last week and now he’s unable to pass his stool. He got an enema at his vet two days ago to help clear him up and we’ve done 3 warm water soakings for 30min at a time. So far, no stool with exception of what our vet could pull out. Has anyone experienced this unfortunate occurrence? Our vet is suggesting to feed if he’s able to ingest anything, veggies/fruit with a high water content as it will help provide more moisture to his intestinal tract. So far he has only eaten a handful of strawberries. We’ll attempt watermelon and cucumbers today. He’s very backed up and we don’t expect he’ll eat much. If anyone here can offer some suggestions, we’d greatly appreciate it. He’s scheduled for another enema tomorrow! We feel terrible he got into the bark. He’s never eaten it before! But noticed some of of his alfalfa hay got on there. Thanks in advance.