Nelda Blodgett
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I Have a 2.5 yr old Eastern Hermanns tortoise. He came healthy, happy and adorable. At one year of age he had some trouble with his eyes (probably humidity related) and was treated for RI and released. Although his eyes remained dull and cloudy.
More recently he was treated for constipation and is now, after much soaking, and pumpkin has had three little poops in over a month of dragging his legs when he walks.
The vets have me doing daily therapy in order to get him used to using his legs again. The only substrate I can successfully get him to use his back legs on is warm concrete. I suspect he doesn’t like the feel of his shell dragging on the concrete. We do this for about 20-30 min. every evening when it’s cooler. I wonder if I am doing more harm than good.
The vets I have are wonderful and immediately noticed that his eyes weren’t right, and are prescribing vitamin A drops. He seems to have some vision loss.
He has had X-rays and blood tests that have ruled out, mbd, blockage, bladder stones, mycoplasma, and herpes. Also a fecal test ruled out parisites.
He has managed with limited vision but now the legs too.
I can not understand why he won’t use his legs. We moved around in his table some but mostly basks.
The vet thinks there was pressure when he was constipated which caused him to drag his legs and then got used to it.
More recently he was treated for constipation and is now, after much soaking, and pumpkin has had three little poops in over a month of dragging his legs when he walks.
The vets have me doing daily therapy in order to get him used to using his legs again. The only substrate I can successfully get him to use his back legs on is warm concrete. I suspect he doesn’t like the feel of his shell dragging on the concrete. We do this for about 20-30 min. every evening when it’s cooler. I wonder if I am doing more harm than good.
The vets I have are wonderful and immediately noticed that his eyes weren’t right, and are prescribing vitamin A drops. He seems to have some vision loss.
He has had X-rays and blood tests that have ruled out, mbd, blockage, bladder stones, mycoplasma, and herpes. Also a fecal test ruled out parisites.
He has managed with limited vision but now the legs too.
I can not understand why he won’t use his legs. We moved around in his table some but mostly basks.
The vet thinks there was pressure when he was constipated which caused him to drag his legs and then got used to it.