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Also try adding a tiny amount of cod liver oil for cats and dogs to the feed for a while as this will help with the shell, nails and beak and movement but this is up to you of course please let me know how you get on
sibi said:I'm afraid that Tom is correct here. This baby needs to see a vet asap. Something is going on and all the care and food in the world may not get to the root of this problem. I suggested a warm bath with baby food squash and/or calcium powder because it can absorb the nutrients through the body. But if he's eating fine and getting all his needs met, then the only thing left is to take him to the vet so they can do some blood work. Something made his beak fall off...you need to get answers. Sometimes, vets will let you pay small installments at a time. Explain your situation to the vet and I'm sure they'll work something out for you.
wellington said:sibi said:I'm afraid that Tom is correct here. This baby needs to see a vet asap. Something is going on and all the care and food in the world may not get to the root of this problem. I suggested a warm bath with baby food squash and/or calcium powder because it can absorb the nutrients through the body. But if he's eating fine and getting all his needs met, then the only thing left is to take him to the vet so they can do some blood work. Something made his beak fall off...you need to get answers. Sometimes, vets will let you pay small installments at a time. Explain your situation to the vet and I'm sure they'll work something out for you.
Not that Tom wouldn't have the right answers, but I wouldn't want to put words in his mouth. The suggestions were not from Tom, but me Wellington/Barb. The threads I suggested reading are deff Toms. Thank you on behave of Tom and I though. Im sure he would mind me saying Thank you for him
wellington said:Oops...sorry Wellington/Barb. You and Tom are one of the most knowledgeable people on this forum...sometimes I get you two confused. But, you both are certainly welcome.
Thank you for the great praise. However, It does fit Tom. It doesn't fit me. I only know what I have learned on this forum. From the great older members of this forum like Tom, that was so much help to me last year when I got my first tortoise and had all the worried tort mom questions. I appreciate them and this forum so much, I want to try and help others the best I can from what I learned. I strive to one day be as knowledgeable as all them.
LuckysGirl007 said:Web I grow up I wanna e...like Tom!
Ok...that was horrible. My phone didn't show my text.
"When I grow up I wanna be like Tom!"
]shellysmom said:Hmmmm.... very strange. You said he has recently been getting a lot of sunshine, but what about before? I know you said he has a UV light, but if I remember correctly, the bulbs on those things are only good for 6 months. So... if you were using a bad bulb for a while, and he wasn't getting natural sunlight, either, that may have caused his beak to fall off. And the reason it's not growing back properly is because there's some permanent underlying deformity there. I rescued a box turtle that had no source of UV for a long time, and his jaws & beak were permanently deformed. After time it got much better, but was never really normal again. That's my guess. I'm sending you a PM about vet help.
antonio650 said:the vet gave me 10 shots of Fortaz. this is because the vet thinks he has some sort of bacteria in his blood and the shots will clean out the bacteria. they shaved his beak so it can grow properly and i have to take him in everywhere 3 months to get it shaved back. hopefully it will grow to be normal. i also have to give the vet a fecal sample to check for worms
antonio650 said:the vet gave me 10 shots of Fortaz. this is because the vet thinks he has some sort of bacteria in his blood and the shots will clean out the bacteria. they shaved his beak so it can grow properly and i have to take him in everywhere 3 months to get it shaved back. hopefully it will grow to be normal. i also have to give the vet a fecal sample to check for worms