Alethea111
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Now we’ve had sulcatas for years but one of our 4 1/2 year olds was eating just fine one day then stopped the next we weren’t to worried about it at first but then it turned into a whole week! So we started looking him over and offering treats hoping that he was just getting tired of Romain every day! But as we were checking him over we remembered he wasn’t pooping at all! So we looked him over and came to the conclusion that he had a blockage due to maybe eating something off the floor or outside, so we immediately went to Walmart and got a large syringe and some mineral oil we looked up a video and put some down his throat! Now this was yesterday and he’s doing much better but still won’t eat and hasn’t pooped any! So today when we went to put some more down his throat we thought maybe we’d put some up his cloaca.. now we have owned this tortoise all his life and we also have his brother who is also the same age! When we went to put some oil up his cloaca we noticed that his tail was tucked super weird so we looked at his brother who is perfectly healthy and his tail was tucked normal! So we tried prying his tail out but we couldn’t... keep in mind he hasn’t eaten in a week and is very ill and weak so his muscles aren’t that strong! We kept trying and after while we noticed his tail smelled like an infection... we’re thinking we should put him out and try prying his tail out that way! So literally he tucked his tail wrong and it’s stuck he won’t eat he can’t poop and we’re not sure what to do! Thankfully he’s 4 1/2 years old so that does give him an advantage! We really don’t want to put him down??Please let me know if this has ever happened before and if you guys have any suggestions