Help Russian tortoise sick

[KBaxter]

My Russian tortoise is vomiting and stretching her neck and head out making a screaming noise. She not acting right not eating and not very active at all. She is kept outside in a 8ftx12ft pen but I just brought her in to quarantine her in the terrarium.

 

[ScottishFish]

What is does her diet consist of? What was the temps yesterday, during the night, today? Is there anything that your tort could have eaten outside? What is the substrate outside?


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[KBaxter]

Temps have been in upper 50s at night and upper 70s lower 80s during the day. She eats weeds dandelions Kyle. Nothing in her pen growing should be harmful for her to eat.

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Substrate is grass dirt cypress mulch and timothy hay

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This is the pen

 

[Pokeymeg]

RE: Help my Russian tortoise is vomiting

Can you get your tortoise to a vet? Perhaps he/she ingested something? I'm sorry, that sounds really scary I hope someone here can help you!

 

[LolaMyLove]

RE: Help my Russian tortoise is vomiting

I would take her to the vet. Keep us posted.

 

[KBaxter]

Re: Help my Russian tortoise is vomiting

Gonna try to call one place tomorrow. I live in the Macon ga area and there is only 1 place that might do reptiles. Not sure if the doctor that treats them is still there are not.

 

[ascott]

How often do you soak your tort? What size is your tort? Strictly from what you describe....the first thing that came to mind is she may be stopped up/impacted???? I would offer long warm water soaks, I would also put her indoor enclosure at no less than 85 degrees and I would also promote motion (so when you are offering up the warm water soaks I would perhaps try to encourage her to move about so if you offer a long soak the tort may eventually try to get out of the container by walking about alot....let her do this and be sure to keep the water warm the entire soak....I also would try to get some mineral oil in her...to help lubricate her internally---she may have ingested some of the substrate....

I would make certain that any vet you take your tort to is EXPERIENCED in tortoise and not just a regular animal vet..

 

[WillTort2]

How is your Russian doing today?

 

[KBaxter]

She is still doing the same thing I have her soaking now and have given her mineral oil. I believe that she is stopped up. She has not peed or popped in the water since I have been soaking her for the past 3 days. There are no Vets in this week that deal with tortoises. I really think she is stopped up. I have seen her in the past trying to swallow rocks. I tried to remove all the small rocks from her pen but knowing her she found 1

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[Yvonne G]

Have you seen this list of vets in Georgia? I don't know if any of these cities are near Macon:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-29676.html

Try to get an eye dropper full of mineral oil down her throat. You can also squirt an eye dropper full up her cloaca.

Mineral oil is non-absorptive, so this is the only type of oil you should use. It lubricates and isn't absorbed by the tortoise.

 

[KBaxter]

Thanks for the list but none of the are close. I have given her mineral oil thru a dropper. I just hope she geta better.

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[KBaxter]

This is her today she is very weak and not eating. It seems she is trying to push but is stopped up. I fear she will not make it.

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[kanalomele]

Oh no! Im so sorry you both are going through this... how terrible!