avasims
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PLEASE HELP!!! My golden greek male tortoise has be nothing but healthy for the 9 years i’ve had him, but something happened a few months ago. First, he started to become very inactive and lost his appetite. Then, he started making this super high pitch noise and would proceed to throw up after. This continued for about a week and then he gained his appetite again. Sure enough the next week was a repeat so we took him to the vet. I had brought a stool sample with me to the vet because I had suspected the possibility of parasites, also there was blood in the stool. The test came back negative. The vet gave us some syringes full of medicine and liquid nutrients which he took very well. Since then, my tort has only thrown up once but continue to open his mouth and stick out his tongue like he’s gagging. I’ve changed his diet to a mix of super small cut up peas, carrots, and beans with added tortoise cuisine vitamins and calcium powder. he loves this mix. but still, he is very weak, doesn’t move like he used to. He used to be FAST! but now he has to take breaks after a few steps. I’ve come in here this morning because he is gagging again. Why is this so on and off?? Is this a digestive problem? How do i fix this? Please help I am hopeless, I just want my baby back.