Sicky torts

[Angi]

I may have missed it,but are they giving them back to you? Maybe if you present them with a bill for their care they will just say keep them.

 

[bikerchicspain]

I may have missed it,but are they giving them back to you? Maybe if you present them with a bill for their care they will just say keep them.

Lol that's what I normally do.

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Update.
They are all eating and soaking on their own, the tongues are not so yellowish and the noise from their breathing has improved, but I want to keep them until they can come out of the vivarium without heating on, it's actually about 30 celcius here outside.

 

[Sky2Mina]

Ah, good to hear they're better!
Make the bill high. So hopefully the owners learn something...

 

[bikerchicspain]

Well i am goig to give them a test sheet,
All about temps, UVA/B, food, substrate, hides, vits and minerals, What to look for when they are ill.

I am doing my own care sheet at the moment for greeks as they are the most common here, although they are illegal. When it is finished i will post it to see what you guys think, just in case i missed something.

Today i have got to go and pick up some tortoise eggs, wouldnt mind but the guy is a perv. Going to put a lock and chain around my pants

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Yvonne...I am in a small way also involved in rescue and treat sick tortoises, would you mind telling me why soaks 5 times a day? Isn't once a day enough? I personally wouldn't soak more than once a day, maybe once more with babyfood.They either drink then or they don't. Am I missing something here? I am not trying to criticize you, I am simply trying to learn...I am always looking for a better way...

 

[Isa]

I am so happy they are feeling better Yvonne Thanks for sharing the good news!

 

[bikerchicspain]

Yvonne...I am in a small way also involved in rescue and treat sick tortoises, would you mind telling me why soaks 5 times a day? Isn't once a day enough? I personally wouldn't soak more than once a day, maybe once more with babyfood.They either drink then or they don't. Am I missing something here? I am not trying to criticize you, I am simply trying to learn...I am always looking for a better way...

If i am treating an illness and have to up the temps i like to make absolutely sure that they are hydrated, so that i can administer antibiotics, Maybe i do excessive soaks but they are never more than 5/10 mins at a time.

Its just that i lost a tort once because i upped the temps and only soaked once a day when he was on antibiotics, He died of renal failure, that day i swore to myself that it would never happen again, Maybe i am over protective, but when they are ill they look so vulnerable.
I guess we all have our own methods and this is my method to my madness

 

[bikerchicspain]

Thanks guys for all the support.
I am glad to say that all 4 torts are doing fantastic, they are all eating and running about.
They have all been returned to their owner, after i went and checked the new enclosure for them in their garden.
But i will be keeping a close eye on them from now on.

 

[Tortoise]

Thanks guys for all the support.
I am glad to say that all 4 torts are doing fantastic, they are all eating and running about.
They have all been returned to their owner, after i went and checked the new enclosure for them in their garden.
But i will be keeping a close eye on them from now on.

HI
Great job on nursing them back to health
I was about to suggest force feeding the torts as I have a friend that has rescues many many sick torts and she makes up a mash of anything good for them and opens their mouths and feeds them with a syringe until they do it alone. Also I personally had 2 very sick tortoise -they came to me sick as hatchlings (long story) but I did soak the babies in veg and fruit juice alone so if they took any in it would keep them going a bit longer.

One went back to the place I got it from as they thought they could do better-well in their care it died.I did get the other one to full health and my replacement flew in from another province with frost on its shell-she did have a rough start too but slowly got over it.

These animals go through so much, they deserve to be treated like royalty!!

Anyway
SOOO pleased you have some healthy tortoises now, enjoy them

Louise