Restore bacteria flora

[tarta4ever]

Hi guys I've dewormed my pardalis and carbonara this summer but both of them now expel liquid feces.
All of them grew of 150 gr from the deworming.
It's possible that I have to restore the bacteria flora?

 

[Yvonne G]

It wold help if you add a bit more bulk to their diet - grass or hay?

 

[tarta4ever]

They hate hay and because of the had some trouble I fed them with dry frisee salads,radicchio and chicory.
I cut also some hay on the vegetable.

 

[Yvonne G]

You can buy a product called Critical Care from your vet. It's ground up weeds and grasses. Sprinkle it over the food.

Tortoise supply sells a hay product the the tortoises seem to like pretty well. I can't remember the name of it, but you can scroll through his site and find it.

 

[Yvonne G]

Here it is:

http://www.tortoisesupply.com/HerbalHay

 

[ascott]

Hi guys I've dewormed my pardalis and carbonara this summer but both of them now expel liquid feces.
All of them grew of 150 gr from the deworming.
It's possible that I have to restore the bacteria flora?

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/parasites.html

; After any treatment: Many drugs can and do upset intestinal flora, depleting them to a point where digestion is affected. It is very wise after any drug is used to feed the tortoise with either Benebac, live natural yoghurt or droppings from a healthy tortoise of the same species - these droppings should however be carefully screened by a fecal before using them. Droppings from hatchings of the same species are ideal for this purpose. The aim here is to boost the animal with benficial bacteria to offset any damage done by drug administration, and it is a wise precaution to take no matter what drug is used.

 

[HLogic]

Droppings from a healthy checked adult tort of the same species are ideal. Youngsters may not have developed a normal distribution of populations of intestinal flora.