URGENT!!! VERY WORRIED FOR MY LIL HERMANN :( POOPING BLOOD

Pippa+Tortellini

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I recently took my 2 year old hermann to the vets (about 4 days ago) as I thought he had a minor respiratory infection. The vet agreed and said he has a mild upper respiratory infection and gave me antibiotics to treat it.
I’ve struggled to give him the antibiotics as he is very stubborn and I am careful to not open his mouth and hurt him. He’s taken a decent sized dose once. Since then he seemed to perk up a bit!
But just now I gave him a bath and he first past urates, then followed by a really big poo (I attached a pic as I thought it looked strange.. possibly a worm? or just residual urates?), then I was very worried as he passed a small amount of blood shortly afterwards☹️
My mum suggested that it was a very big poo and maybe the blood was due to straining…
But I am sceptical. Passing blood is not a good sign for any animal so I am very concerned for him.
I am going to call tomorrow and make an appointment with a specialist reptile/exotic pet veterinary clinic in my area. But until then can anyone help? Has anyone seen this before?
 

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Pippa+Tortellini

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Update: the specialist vet surgery I went to said that he is a bit small for his age but otherwise very healthy, alert and looks well looked after! I showed her some pictures of his home and she said it looks really nice and perfect for his size at the moment.
She told me to stop googling too much about my tortoise because I will scare myself haha.
The vet also said the blood may be from a parasite which might also explain why he’s a bit on the small side, or it could’ve just been from straining; going to send off a poo sample and see what it says 💩
I’m so pleased to hear that he is fine overall.
 

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I'm so glad to hear that your tortoise is doing better.
 

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