Hi all,
Bear with me, it's a bit of a story. A little background: about 6 months ago, my tort stopped eating suddenly and was very inactive. I immediately brought it to the vet and after extensive treatments in and out of the vet and regular medication at home, my tort is finally doing much better.
My vet refered me to a specialist near my city and they did a CT scan to see if there were any abnormalities... Everything was fine and my tort seemed healthy on the books according to the specialists. My vet's conclusion was that my tort had a chronic kidney disease since his uric acid levels were abnormally high unless he was on meds (allopurinol).
Fast forward to now, and I'm indefinitely giving him allopurinol and eicosaderm (omega-3 to prevent inflammation) every day (forever?...)
My tort is generally doing fine now. He eats decently. Is quite energetic at times and is staying well hydrated. The issue I'm having is his crazy puffy neck - sometimes to the point that he can't put his back into his shell fully. Some days it's puffier than others. Sometimes his neck goes back to normal (more-or-less). What is this? Water retention? Has anyone seen this before? My vet has no idea either.
Bear with me, it's a bit of a story. A little background: about 6 months ago, my tort stopped eating suddenly and was very inactive. I immediately brought it to the vet and after extensive treatments in and out of the vet and regular medication at home, my tort is finally doing much better.
My vet refered me to a specialist near my city and they did a CT scan to see if there were any abnormalities... Everything was fine and my tort seemed healthy on the books according to the specialists. My vet's conclusion was that my tort had a chronic kidney disease since his uric acid levels were abnormally high unless he was on meds (allopurinol).
Fast forward to now, and I'm indefinitely giving him allopurinol and eicosaderm (omega-3 to prevent inflammation) every day (forever?...)
My tort is generally doing fine now. He eats decently. Is quite energetic at times and is staying well hydrated. The issue I'm having is his crazy puffy neck - sometimes to the point that he can't put his back into his shell fully. Some days it's puffier than others. Sometimes his neck goes back to normal (more-or-less). What is this? Water retention? Has anyone seen this before? My vet has no idea either.