SArchieIII
New Member
Hello Forum.
My tortoise has Vit A deficiency.
I got her as a hatchling, 12 months ago.
I remember weighing her and she was 38.2 grams (1.34 ounces), she now weighs 90.2 gr and she has grown well (calcium intake, good green variety)
4 weeks ago she sort of "hibernate" (aestivation? is the spring/summer one, right?) and when I picked her up last week to see if all is going ok, one eye was closed (although appearing with the movement of blinking) and the other I can see a 3 mm black eye peacking from the eye closed.
The vet saw her last week (reptile expert that is now on a "normal pets" vet so he didn't have all the things at hand that Archie neded) and gave her an antibiotic, and a doggo pouch of electrolytes to bathe her in from Friday until today twice a day 30 min.
We took her today again, she got a vit A shot, and another 3 day antibiotic, and this time he had proper electrolyte for tortoise (yayy no more chicken liver smell)
Archie has been bathing fine, sometimes she opens her mouth and seems to be drinking a little, and "walk" like to move out of the bowl she is in (she can't see outside and it's too talk for her), when she is not being bathed she digs her way and stays there until I pick her up for her bath.
today she pooped, which I am taking as a good sign (?)
I was browsing other posts concerning this, and there was a suggestion to help tortoise not eating with a carrot puree bath, and I will try this tomorrow, as today she had all her bathing and I feel like she had enough hand handling for today,
she is one year old... I am not sure I could "force-feed" her.
The vet knows she has not been eating, beside the carrot bath, is there anything you can suggests?
temp basking 32C 89.6 Fand opposite side 24C 79.2F(natural room temp)
Bulbs and tubes are 1 month old
My tortoise has Vit A deficiency.
I got her as a hatchling, 12 months ago.
I remember weighing her and she was 38.2 grams (1.34 ounces), she now weighs 90.2 gr and she has grown well (calcium intake, good green variety)
4 weeks ago she sort of "hibernate" (aestivation? is the spring/summer one, right?) and when I picked her up last week to see if all is going ok, one eye was closed (although appearing with the movement of blinking) and the other I can see a 3 mm black eye peacking from the eye closed.
The vet saw her last week (reptile expert that is now on a "normal pets" vet so he didn't have all the things at hand that Archie neded) and gave her an antibiotic, and a doggo pouch of electrolytes to bathe her in from Friday until today twice a day 30 min.
We took her today again, she got a vit A shot, and another 3 day antibiotic, and this time he had proper electrolyte for tortoise (yayy no more chicken liver smell)
Archie has been bathing fine, sometimes she opens her mouth and seems to be drinking a little, and "walk" like to move out of the bowl she is in (she can't see outside and it's too talk for her), when she is not being bathed she digs her way and stays there until I pick her up for her bath.
today she pooped, which I am taking as a good sign (?)
I was browsing other posts concerning this, and there was a suggestion to help tortoise not eating with a carrot puree bath, and I will try this tomorrow, as today she had all her bathing and I feel like she had enough hand handling for today,
she is one year old... I am not sure I could "force-feed" her.
The vet knows she has not been eating, beside the carrot bath, is there anything you can suggests?
temp basking 32C 89.6 Fand opposite side 24C 79.2F(natural room temp)
Bulbs and tubes are 1 month old