X-rays!

[philipgreece]

Hello all! I'm writing because I took xrays both of my tortoises again after 6 months! Danny still has rocks inside him and the one is a little bit big! They both eat especially Danny eats a lot! They poop normally! In March as I said I gave them the treatment with flagil as my vet told me! I see Danny that he can lift his body again! Also i weighted them Yesterday and after one month and a half they lost 8 grams both of them! They always gain weight! I don't know if it is from the exercise because this month I gave them a lot it or its because they haven't cleaned from parasites! I wake them up in morning and i go at park! I don't know if i gibe them stress with these movements! I contacted with my vet and she told me the check up again for feces is every 6 months! So that means in September!

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Has Danny stopped eating more rocks? Did you try the minerall? 8 grams of weight loss isn't concerning.

 

[philipgreece]

Has Danny stopped eating more rocks? Did you try the minerall? 8 grams of weight loss isn't concerning.

If I don't feed him in morning about 10 o clock he will start biting even cement! If I feed him he won't eat rocks or anything else! He eats a lot! My vet told me to give him mineral oil! I gave him twice but I'm afraid to gibe him more! I don't know if it's safe! I feed him though cactus and aloe vera! This month I started feeding him mulberry leaves too!

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Mineral oil is meant to make it easier for him to pass the rocks, and less painful. It is safe when administered safely. You can either feed it rolled up in lettuce with some pellets or wipe on his cloaca with a q tip.

Cactus and aloe vera will also promote him to pass the rocks, so will other dilurantic foods, like lettuce, cucumber and pumpkin.

The miner-all @wellington suggested you in another thread is to make sure that he isn't eating the rocks because of a deficiency.

 

[wellington]

I would get the Miner-all and start using it. Also make sure he has food all day long. They eat on and off throughout the day. If you can't leave him outside all day in his own enclosure where he can graze on and off, then put several different piles in different areas of his indoor enclosure.

 

[Tom]

I wake them up in morning and i go at park!

It isn't safe to take a tortoise to a park and let it roam free. They ned to be in their own enclosure. Public parks are full of all sorts of hazards.

 

[philipgreece]

It isn't safe to take a tortoise to a park and let it roam free. They ned to be in their own enclosure. Public parks are full of all sorts of hazards.

When I take them to a park I pay attention all the time! I give them practice and sun for one hour! I like when I see them run in huge spaces because I don't have space! I go early in morning from 9-10 and noone is there and without dogs! What other hazards you mean? My yard is only marble down and I don't know if it's good for them to walk on it!

 

[Tom]

When I take them to a park I pay attention all the time! I give them practice and sun for one hour! I like when I see them to run in hugest spaces because I don't gave space! I go early in morning from 9-10 and noone is there without dogs! What other hazards you mean?

Cigarette buts, lost coins or ear rings, nails, screws, broken glass, pesticides and other toxic park chemicals, dog feces...

The list is endless. People lose them this way too. They answer their cell phone for one second and BOOM! The tortoise disappears. It happens all the time. There is no way to make it safe, and no amount of supervision can protect them. Just don't do it if you want to keep your tortoise. Everyone thinks it is safe and that they are watching closely. No one would do it if they thought something bad was going to happen. They learn one day too late that they were wrong. We see it here all the time.

Keep your tortoise in its own large safe enclosure, either indoors or out.