Tortoise limping

ladhamadhu8

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Hello I have three 2 year old star tortoises. One of them has been limping ( left hind leg) for quite some time now, showed it to the vet, he said it's some injury when he was young and can't be treated now and gave anti inflammatory medicine. But because his one leg is limping the other one has also started to get affected as it bears all the weight.
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find a new vet... you say "for quite some time", did it always limp? if not when did it start?
 

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I had a male Manouria that walked just like that. Come to find out (on X-ray) his hip had dislocated. The vet had to do surgery to remove the joint. The tortoise now walks normal and you can't tell there was ever anything wrong.

Have you taken a real close look up inside the shell at that leg? Sometimes if they have a sticker or a little piece of wood or something stuck up in there they hold the leg in. Gently pull the leg out and give it a real close inspection.
 

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