Hi all. I'm new to the forum and seeking advice on how to get my tortoise to eat and drink. A little context:
A few weeks ago, my tortoise stopped eating and drinking and was very lethargic. I took him to the vet and the vet explained how my tort's kidney levels were extremely high, the pancreas had issues and my tort had a lung infection. I was shocked because for months and months, my tort seemed to act very normal and energetic, was eating well, etc.
Fast forward 3 weeks and my tort is back home from an intensive treatment at the vet that lasted 7 days. They flushed his system, gave him fluid injections and his kidney levels are back to normal.
I now have him at home and he's running around and scratching all over (very active) since it's a hot day today - so that's good news. However, I still can't get him to eat or drink. I soak him twice daily and tried to feed him a variety of foods to encourage him to eat (collard greens, dandelions, lettuce and cucumber for hydration and a quarter strawberry as an incentive to start eating). He trampled on his food and ignored it completely. This happened even when he was at the vet - I'm worried that he won't eat or drink and I don't necessarily have injections like the vets do to hydrate him.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks...
A few weeks ago, my tortoise stopped eating and drinking and was very lethargic. I took him to the vet and the vet explained how my tort's kidney levels were extremely high, the pancreas had issues and my tort had a lung infection. I was shocked because for months and months, my tort seemed to act very normal and energetic, was eating well, etc.
Fast forward 3 weeks and my tort is back home from an intensive treatment at the vet that lasted 7 days. They flushed his system, gave him fluid injections and his kidney levels are back to normal.
I now have him at home and he's running around and scratching all over (very active) since it's a hot day today - so that's good news. However, I still can't get him to eat or drink. I soak him twice daily and tried to feed him a variety of foods to encourage him to eat (collard greens, dandelions, lettuce and cucumber for hydration and a quarter strawberry as an incentive to start eating). He trampled on his food and ignored it completely. This happened even when he was at the vet - I'm worried that he won't eat or drink and I don't necessarily have injections like the vets do to hydrate him.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks...