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Hawaii. So he lives outside full time. He has dug out a small tunnel in our back yard that he sleeps in at night/takes shelter in during the rainy days.

On that note, what would a tumor removal surgery on a tortoise possibly cost?

Can a tumor appear overnight? We just woke up one day and it was there. And just remained that same size for months. I hope it's not a tumor, but will prepare myself for that possibility.

He's around 8 or 9 years old, not 100% sure on his age. Around 100-120lb. Has had the growth for going on 8 months. It just appeared out of nowhere one day and stayed the size of small grape for awhile. Only recently has it looked like it's gotten a little bigger. The growth is soft, and feels...

A vet is going to take a look at it, but till then, I wanted to try gather more info on what it could be. My Sulcata has had it for a few months, and we hoped it was a sting or liquid filled abscess that would go away on its own. But it seems to have gotten bigger, so we scheduled a vet...

My neighbor has a hydroponic garden, and they have bolted romaine lettuce. They don't want it because according to Google, the leaves are a bit bitter compared to regular romaine. So they asked if we want it for our Sulcata. Anyone know if it's okay for them eat it?

Topic. Awhile back, my dog contracted giardia from God knows what. Possibly from my Sulcata tortoise? Just today my dog got ahold of fresh tortoise poop, he didn't eat it, he dropped it then I rinsed his mouth out with the hose, but I'm still worried he may contracted it again if my tortoise has...

I believe the vet said Drontal, but I may be mistaken. The poop ranged from 1-5 days old. We clean up the poop daily, dump it in a trash bag, which is in a metal trash can. We then take the trash out weekly to be picked up. He knocked over the trash can, lid popped off and he got to the stuff...

We have a 7 week old puppy that is infected with hookworms. He was treated a week and a half ago with Drontal to help rid him of them. Unfortunately, it appears there are still eggs (no worms seen) in his poop so he will probably need to be treated one more time to fully rid him of them. Our 5-6...

Quickly looking over the brochure, it is Vikane gas.

Just a few extra details: the company we are using claims they use a "low chemical" gas that makes them safer than most other pest control companies. They state that humans and pets can move back in as soon as 3 hours after the tent is removed. Though it will be about 4 days till our tortoise...

In about a month, our house is going to be tented to kill the nasty termite infestation we have. I live in Hawaii where it is pretty much a problem for everyone. Of course while the house is tented, we will be taking our 3 year old Sulcata Tortoise with us to a friends house. So after the...

Good idea. All the typical pet stores here don't carry any special food items like that. Mainly tortoise pellets for stupid prices. There is a feed store in Waimanalo which has a lot of farms and horse stables in that area. I should go down there and check out what they have. Thank you, he is...

As promised, here are the pictures of Chewie! Sorry, he's a little messy in them cause of that darn burrow of his. My one gardening glove in the last picture for size reference.

It is a great place to live.. besides the fact everything is expensive as heck. Lol. I read the thread and it had a lot of helpful info. I feel like I'm doing an alright job thus far after reading it. I have a lot of the essentials covered. There is just a bit of paranoia in me that I'm missing...